ICC vs Fast Bowling Ethics
1994-01-01
The 1994 ICC rule limiting short-pitched bowling — defining persistent intimidatory use as unfair play and giving umpires power to warn and remove bowlers — responded to the West Indian four-pace-attack era that had made batting genuinely dangerous throughout the 1980s.
England vs Australia
1971-01-29
John Snow's sustained intimidatory bowling against the young Sunil Gavaskar during India's 1971 tour of England — deliberately targeting the 21-year-old debutant with short-pitched deliveries — tested cricket's ethical boundaries around bodyline-adjacent bowling at tail-enders.
Australia vs England
1932-12-02
Harold Larwood's sustained leg-theory assault on Don Bradman during the 1932-33 Ashes became cricket's most notorious bowling attack, reducing Bradman's average and sparking a diplomatic crisis between England and Australia.