This video is interesting on how they assessed it and deem it okay, and it looks okay to me ...
Root is closing in on going third in our list of Test Match run scorers. He deserves to be considered one of the greats.
Joe Root closing in on top three English Test run-scorers after Chennai ton
England captain Joe Root marked his 100th Test appearance with a century against India on Friday.m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Yea Root knows he should have converted more scored of 50 plus into tons in the previous couple of years. That said, Root is probably in the best form of his career, averages over 50 and captaining a pretty successful England side. He will be our record run scorer if he plays until his mid 30s
I haven't watched a lot of him but I just see the hyper-extension of the arm but it always straightens as it moves up from behind and over his shoulder. It's the way the arm accelerates that gives that whip effect that looks like a throw, but for me it's legal.
I haven't watched a lot of him but I just see the hyper-extension of the arm but it always straightens as it moves up from behind and over his shoulder. It's the way the arm accelerates that gives that whip effect that looks like a throw, but for me it's legal.
In this pic you can see the bowling arm bending the "wrong" way. His other arm is at its highest point in his action - he holds it forward horizontally when running in then moves it up about 45 degrees (as in the photo) then it drops down. Meanwhile his bowling arm whips round, moving down from the position shown there, upwards behind his body, over his shoulder before releasing just after the 12 o'clock position. All that 360 degree motion of his bowling arm looks legit to me.
I'll be surprised if he lasts very long in the game as a fast bowler though, his feet and legs go all over the place. When he runs, his right foot turns in.