Seen Sheen
ODI Debutant
- Joined
- Jun 9, 2009
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It is becoming a farce now with them not getting a chance in the conditions tailored made for them. First Sri Lanka series, then Asia Cup and now this series.
Finger spinners historically have ruled the roost in UAE; be it off-spinners in the form of Ajmal/Dilruwan Perera or slow left armers in the form of Abdur Rehman/Zulfiqar Babar/ Herath. Ever since new setup replaced the previous one, we have mysteriously omitted left arm spin from our bowling attack which cost us dearly against Sri Lanka and in my opinion cost us a win here as well.
Yasir's success here is also based on him bowling like a SLA; quicker through the air at times and targeting stumps with the incoming drift. Last time as well, it was the left arm spin of Zulfiqar that troubled Australians the most. He picked up more wickets than Yasir and it was primarily his wicket to wicket, relentless bowling that worked in Pakistan's favor, bowling the team to victory in both the tests.
Now people might mention that Bilal Asif is a finger spinner so why is there a requirement of a SLA, that too when he picked up wickets in the first innings. Well, in my opinion, Bilal is not really a threatening spinner in these conditions. His action dictates that he bowls with zero drift and doesn't pose any real danger to even left handed batsmen because he doesn't have the skill to challenge the inside edge of the batsman. He'll only come into play if batsmen decide to play loosely outside off-stump and consequently might nick it. Batsmen can easily lineup such bowlers who are one trick ponies only. Australian left handers realised that he didn't really have the ability to bring bowled and LBW dismissals into play so they simply covered the stumps and the line of his off-spinners.
A good old-fashioned SLA will still work far better than the current off-spin option we have. Wicket to wicket with an odd ball spinning past righties and using the drifter/ arm ball as his main weapon of success.
Really at odds with the selection committee/team management here. No idea why the likes of Asghar or Zafar keep getting neglected. Even if you think they are too young to be inducted in the side at this point, well, get an experienced SLA from domestic. I am sure there would be many out there if they cant find a traditional off-spinner. The point is current make up of slow bowling in UAE is not going to be threatening as a whole. Too much expectations from Yasir to deliver with a non-threatening option from the other end.
Finger spinners historically have ruled the roost in UAE; be it off-spinners in the form of Ajmal/Dilruwan Perera or slow left armers in the form of Abdur Rehman/Zulfiqar Babar/ Herath. Ever since new setup replaced the previous one, we have mysteriously omitted left arm spin from our bowling attack which cost us dearly against Sri Lanka and in my opinion cost us a win here as well.
Yasir's success here is also based on him bowling like a SLA; quicker through the air at times and targeting stumps with the incoming drift. Last time as well, it was the left arm spin of Zulfiqar that troubled Australians the most. He picked up more wickets than Yasir and it was primarily his wicket to wicket, relentless bowling that worked in Pakistan's favor, bowling the team to victory in both the tests.
Now people might mention that Bilal Asif is a finger spinner so why is there a requirement of a SLA, that too when he picked up wickets in the first innings. Well, in my opinion, Bilal is not really a threatening spinner in these conditions. His action dictates that he bowls with zero drift and doesn't pose any real danger to even left handed batsmen because he doesn't have the skill to challenge the inside edge of the batsman. He'll only come into play if batsmen decide to play loosely outside off-stump and consequently might nick it. Batsmen can easily lineup such bowlers who are one trick ponies only. Australian left handers realised that he didn't really have the ability to bring bowled and LBW dismissals into play so they simply covered the stumps and the line of his off-spinners.
A good old-fashioned SLA will still work far better than the current off-spin option we have. Wicket to wicket with an odd ball spinning past righties and using the drifter/ arm ball as his main weapon of success.
Really at odds with the selection committee/team management here. No idea why the likes of Asghar or Zafar keep getting neglected. Even if you think they are too young to be inducted in the side at this point, well, get an experienced SLA from domestic. I am sure there would be many out there if they cant find a traditional off-spinner. The point is current make up of slow bowling in UAE is not going to be threatening as a whole. Too much expectations from Yasir to deliver with a non-threatening option from the other end.
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