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In reply to sudden

Who that?

Wi batsmen aint in the mood to give him cheap wickets to pad his stats this year

In reply to sudden

That's because the Yardie batsmen paying him the respect due (nuff respek). They're taking no chance(s) with him.

In reply to sudden

Who Roston Chase???

In reply to WIfan26

Yep…same result

In reply to sudden

Let us use your headline to think about spin bowling in the West Indies and further afield.

Gudakesh Motie just took 13 wickets for 99 runs in a test match away from home

Ravi Aswin has been acclaimed on this board as one of the all-time great spin bowlers having taken 474 test wickets at 23.93 apiece and including 32 five wicket hauls in innings and 7 ten wicket hauls in matches

If one looks at these facts in isolation, then one can easily become confused and surprised by seemingly conflicting evidence but once you delve into details it is pretty obvious what is really going on.

The reality is that there are few finger spinners today who have truly mastered the art of spin bowling which requires tremendous accuracy in terms of line and length, loop,flight,drift all done with a high arm action.What they therefore depend on, is a pitch which offers quick turn and grip.
Were you to delve into the Great Ashwin one will find his record in Australia,England and South Africa to be mediocre.He took two 5 wicket hauls against weak WI teams which were his only 5 wicket hauls outside of the sub-continent.

I have much more to say on this matter but will end there as people get bored with long talk.

In reply to Dukes

if we look closer we might see quite a few more over the last 10 - 15 years...in fact, perhaps as many or more than the other types

Ashwin
Lyon
Jadeja
Shakib
Mehidy Hasan
Maharaj
Jack Leach



Just not so long ago we had
Harbhajan
Herath
Swann
Vettori
Ajmal

And before that
Saqlain
et al.

They need play time to get better...like spinners do

In reply to Dukes
doctacrab rubbing his gundie