LIves in Cricket No 31 - Walter Robins

109 Changing the Law never send us a team again which averages 5½ minutes for every over throughout a Test.’ Turning to the problems of bowlers throwing he was less concerned: ‘It’s all very well to rant about throwers — both countries have them — no country wants them, but there are far more important problems affecting the well-being of cricket. Your umpires’ admission that they have passed bowlers whose actions are suspect is one of the best acts of self-condemnation I’ve ever read.’ Throwing now figured large in the discussions of every cricket board in the world. In England it was discussed at length by the ACCC and the search began for a definition of a ‘throw’, with the first-class umpires agreeing to compile a list of bowlers with doubtful actions during the 1958 season. But Robbie’s attention was turning that summer to preparations for an MCC tour of the West Indies during the coming winter, as he had accepted the invitation to go as tour manager.