article_snippet: The notorious underarm delivery that created one of the most controversial moments in world cricket history is still hard to revisit after more than three decades.
article_snippet: But as Australia and New Zealand go head-to-head in the World Cup final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday, the underarm bowling incident from 1981 will inevitably come back to haunt.
article_snippet: It was a single bowl that triggered a massive uproar at the time when Aussie bowler delivered an underarm .
article_snippet: Despite the underarm bowling was not ruled as illegal at the time, the underarm bowling was deemed 'an act of cowardice' and against the true spirit of cricket that cost New Zealand the tournament.
article_snippet: But Black Caps fast bowler Tim Southee, who was two-years-old at the time of the underarm incident, said the infamous bowl is rarely mentioned. '
article_snippet: I guess a few of us were too young to remember seeing the infamous bowl
article_snippet: but us know the infamous bowl happened,' Southee said at a conference on Friday. '
highlights_snippet: The underarm bowling was not ruled as illegal at the time .
  