Ajmal’s Weapon http://www.senore.com/Cricket/XJ-Doherty-c2804 in the Making – Cricket News Update
Rumours of Pakistani off-spinner Saeed Ajmal’s mystery ball were in the air for a long time. And now, the star spinner has established that he indeed has been working on his ‘special delivery’ which he will unveil during the upcoming Test series in the UAE
against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
Before the tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045, in August, Ajmal said that he will save his mystery ball for the Englishmen to give them a surprise touch of Pakistani spin. The spinner seems quite excited about his innovation, he said, "I am working on a special delivery.
I won't tell you about it but you will know it when you see it. If it does not prove to be reliable then I will shift my focus back to the deliveries that have brought me success and I will keep that variation for the next series."
Ajmal gave this statement while he was in Lahore’s training camp for the Pakistani team. He said that he will try variations of the special ball to establish its worth before using it in the series. He rejected claims of targeting any particular batsman,
however, said that he has spent his recent hours watching videos of English batsmen to evaluate their skills. He said, “We are going (for the series) fully prepared. We have special plans and we are working on that.”
Ajmal is currently Pakistan’s top spinner who has the ability to keeping batsman befuddled on the pitch. Since his debut in 2009, he has acquired 83 wickets in 17 test matches. He has been praised worldwide for his unpredictable deliveries and momentum.
On the other hand, many former spinners have criticized his bowling style saying that he is unable to deliver flighted deliveries, which are considered to be a spinner’s foremost asset.
In a reply to this, Ajmal asserted, “If I bowl flighted deliveries, I simply cannot bowl. If I take 90 percent of my wickets while bowling doosras and off breaks, there’s no harm in it.”
Besides Ajmal, even Misbah was seen working hard on his batting shortfalls to make sure he enters the series as an invincible captain and player.
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