Other Bowlers
Increasingly, it seems that many other off-spinners are trying to make use of the "doosra" delivery with varying degrees of success. Apart from Saqlain Mushtaq himself, all other off-spinners attempting to utilise the delivery have had accusations (for the most part dismissed) of throwing levelled against them. These include; Muttiah Muralitharan, Harbhajan Singh, ], Shoaib Malik, Saeed Ajmal and Johan Botha. Another method, bowled by the former Warwickshire bowler Alex Loudon, features the middle finger behind the ball which 'flicks' the ball as it is delivered - spinning the ball from leg to off. The success of this form of the doosra has yet to be determined, as Loudon only made his One Day International debut for England on 24 June 2006 against Sri Lanka. He did not take any wickets but did bowl the doosra in the match. He did not receive any accusations of throwing. The South Australian Dan Cullen has also been rumoured to be able to bowl the doosra. Ajantha Mendis has had success at the start of his career using the middle finger flick style of doosra.
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