Cricket purists are involved in one of the enduring debates of the game at the CricInfo Women's World Cup.

It's not about match-fixing, not about who's the best batsman in women's cricket or who's the fastest bowler.

It's about the legality of bowling actions.

But if there is any doubt, and if you believe the umpires in action in the tournament there is none, it is difficult to see how it will ever be resolved.

However, as the accompanying photograph shows, there is something definitely "different" about the bowling action of India's Renu Margrate.

Yet the style in the photograph has not attracted the attention of umpires in any of India's games to date. Three men's international umpires are included in the panel for the tournament.

In a comment while commentating on CricInfo's ball by ball coverage today New Zealand umpire Brent Bowden said: "We don't go on replays, we go on what we see out there."

Nor has it resulted in official complaints from any of the teams to have faced her.

Perhaps it is because of the "gentle-womanly" nature that still lends a degree of olde-worlde charm to the women's game that there have been no complaints.

Certainly there is no specific policy in place in the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC) to deal with complaints.

In the men's game there is an agreed formula by which players with suspect actions are identified, filmed and studied by a throwing panel. They then reach an opinion on whether the subject throws and that information is transferred back to the player's national body.

If remedial work is required the player is advised and work done to help the player.

But IWCC president Mary Britto said she could only recall one instance of a bowler's action being considered doubtful in 50 years of women's cricket administration.

She told CricInfo today that if teams felt there was a problem with a bowler's action, it needed to be included in their post-match report. It would then be dealt with by a technical committee which includes tournament organiser Tim Murdoch, New Zealand Cricket's umpiring manager Brian Aldridge and a member of the IWCC.

Women's cricket had its own playing conditions, but when specific events were not covered, the Marylebone Cricket Club's laws became the backstop for women's issues.

The consequence of team's not complaining, especially at a time when efforts are underway to extend the boundaries of the women's game, is that suspect actions are allowed to continue unimpeded.

They are seen by new bowlers to the game, they are copied and then become common currency and accepted.

If their action is illegal, and they are allowed to continue, they are gaining a distinct advantage while other players acting within the laws can only wonder at the injustice of it all.

Inaction is doing the women's game an injustice.

The Indian player concerned is not the only questionable action seen in the tournament.

As it stands, no official complaint has been made.

But if women's cricket seeks greater status such issues need to be faced and dealt with.

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