# List of cricketers called for throwing in top-class cricket matches in Australia

This is a list of cricketers called for throwing in top-class cricket matches in Australia. In the sport of cricket, strict rules govern the method of bowling the ball. The rules relate to the bending of the arm at the elbow, the extent of which has always been open to interpretation by the umpires. More recently, the International Cricket Council has attempted to codify the maximum permissible flexing of the elbow as 15 degrees.
When a player is found by the umpire to have delivered the ball contrary to those rules, the umpire will call a no-ball and he is said to have been called for throwing. Where public opinion is that a player's bowling action appears to be that he routinely throws, he is said to have a 'suspect' or an 'illegal' action, or more derogatorily, is said to be a 'chucker'. The issue is often highly emotive with accusers considering that deliveries with an illegal action are akin to cheating.
Over the years, a number of players have been called in top-class matches – Test matches, One Day Internationals and domestic first-class matches – invariably creating controversy and occasionally destroying cricket careers. Often the player has been able to modify his action to appease his critics and the umpires, but more commonly, especially when the bowler has been called on more than one occasion, his career in international cricket is effectively ended.

## List of players called for throwing

    Note: Entries marked with blue backgrounds were called for throwing in a Test match or One Day International (ODI) played in Australia.
| Player | Date | Team | Opposing team | Umpire |
| Tom Wills | 30 March 1872 | Victoria | New South Wales | A. Sellars |
| Dave Gregory | 26 December 1872 | NSW, Tasmania, SA XIII | Victoria | George Curtis |
| Tom Wills | 28 December 1872 | Victoria | NSW, Tasmania, SA XIII | George Curtis |
| Richard Wardill | 14 March 1873 | Victoria | Tasmania | William Sidebottom |
| Ernie Jones | 30 October 1897 | South Australia | Andrew Stoddart's XI | Jim Phillips |
| Ernie Jones (Test) | 4 January 1898 | Australia | England | Jim Phillips |
| Jack Marsh | 27 December 1900 | New South Wales | Victoria | Bob Crockett |
| Jack Marsh | 1 February 1901 | New South Wales | Victoria | Bob Crockett |
| Jack Marsh | 4 February 1901 | New South Wales | Victoria | Bob Crockett |
| Frank Pitcher | 3 February 1911 | Victoria | South Africa | Bob Crockett |
| Frank Pitcher | 4 February 1911 | Victoria | South Africa | W. A. Young |
| Tommy Andrews | 7 November 1914 | New South Wales | Queensland | unknown |
| Ron Halcombe | 17 January 1930 | Western Australia | Victoria | Andrew Barlow |
| Ron Halcombe | 24 January 1930 | Western Australia | Tasmania | A. J. Buttsworth |
| Ron Halcombe | 25 January 1930 | Western Australia | Tasmania | Walter Lonergan |
| Laurie Nash | 26 January 1931 | Tasmania | Victoria | unknown |
| Eddie Gilbert | 18 December 1931 | Queensland | Victoria | Andrew Barlow |
| Harold Cotton | 13 November 1936 | South Australia | Victoria | Andrew Barlow |
| Charles MacGill | 7 March 1939 | Western Australia | Victoria | Fred Buttsworth |
| Harold Cotton | 14 December 1940 | South Australia | Victoria | Andrew Barlow |
| Ron Frankish | 17 February 1951 | Western Australia | Victoria | Andrew Barlow |
| Jack McLaughlin | 2 January 1960 | Queensland | New South Wales | Jim Bowden |
| Brian Quigley | 4 November 1960 | South Australia | Victoria | Col Egar |
| Gordon Brooks | 3 March 1962 | South Australia | New Zealand | Col Egar |
| Ian Meckiff | 11 January 1963 | Victoria | South Australia | Jack Kierse |
| Ian Meckiff | 4 March 1963 | Victoria | Queensland | Bill Priem |
| Ian Meckiff (Test) | 7 December 1963 | Australia | South Africa | Col Egar |
| Eddie Illingworth | 13 November 1964 | Victoria | South Australia | Col Egar |
| Eddie Illingworth | 13 November 1964 | Victoria | South Australia | Jack Ryan |
| Keith Slater | 16 November 1964 | Western Australia | New South Wales | Ted Wykes |
| Barry Fisher | 24 November 1967 | Queensland | New South Wales | Ted Wykes |
| Muttiah Muralitharan (Test) | 26 December 1995 | Sri Lanka | Australia | Darrell Hair |
| Muttiah Muralitharan (ODI) | 5 January 1996 | Sri Lanka | West Indies | Ross Emerson Tony McQuillan |
| Geoff Foley | 1 November 1997 | Queensland | Victoria | Ross Emerson |
| Geoff Foley | 11 February 1998 | Queensland | Tasmania | Ross Emerson |
| Muttiah Muralitharan (ODI) | 23 January 1999 | Sri Lanka | England | Ross Emerson |