Legacy
Although underarm bowlers did not fade away, roundarm became the predominant style until another controversy erupted about overarm in 1864. Prominent roundarm bowlers to succeed Lillywhite and Broadbridge were Alfred Mynn, John Jackson and W G Grace.
In the modern game, the Sri Lankan pace bowler Lasith Malinga has a very distinctive action which is authentic roundarm. This has earned him the name "Slinga Malinga". There are some who question the legality of this action, but it is legal, because his arm doesn't straighten from a bent position as he bowls, and at the point of delivery his arm is parallel with his shoulder (if it were below his shoulder the delivery would technically be underarm, an illegal form of bowling in modern cricket). This is the strict definition of bowling vis-à-vis throwing. In fact, many bowlers bowl with a slightly bent arm; the key is that they don't straighten it by more than 15 degrees as they bowl.
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