ABSTRACT
Marshall gave voice to many of the legal and ethical issues which arose from a consideration of Law 42(8) of the 1980 Code. The provisions of the current Laws dealing with ‘bouncers’ are found in Law 42(6) and (7). What Marshall expressed first was a view of the law which is both formalist and moral. For him, there was a moral imperative incumbent upon him as a ‘fast bowler’. At the same time, he is quite clearly a formalist in his attitude to the division of interpretive labour which must occur on the cricket field. The determination of breaches of the Laws and responsibility for policing and enforcing the Laws clearly lie with the umpires. Marshall simply bowled as he bowled, including bouncers, and if he violated the law it was up to the umpire to step in.2
