Lives in Cricket No 39 - Alec Watson

82 Chucker? course, with a better understanding of the dynamics of bowling, the law on throwing has been better defined and liberalised as far as bent-arm bowling is concerned. Whether it is yet totally satisfactory is another matter, but it would probably allow a present-day Watson to be regarded as having a fair bowling action. Indeed there is some resemblance between Alec Watson and a more recent controversial Lancashire bowler, the Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan; though one would hesitate to push the comparison too far.