Imran Tahir capable of becoming decent Test cricketer, says Gary Kirsten – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Kirsten-c58527, the head coach of South African team, has put his weight behind Imran Tahir, and said that the talented leg-spinner is well capable of becoming a decent and dangerous cricketer in the longest version of the game.
Imran shot into limelight on account of his wonderful performance in his debut One Day International (ODI) game. In a crucial World Cup 2011 contest against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, the Pakistan-born spinner fascinated the whole cricketing fraternity by grabbing four
wickets in his first International match.
Unlike his first 50-over game, the Test debut was a great event for the 32-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746. However, he came out with an impressive show in the next encounter and returned with decent
match figures of 4/118.
He claimed three scalps in the first half of the Johannesburg Test and dismissed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usman-Khawaja-c2729 in the second innings of the final clash, which ended on November 21, 2011.
Kirsten is convinced that Imran will gradually become a world-class bowler, despite admitting the fact that the leg-spinner still has a long way to go in the traditional form of the sport.
"Imran definitely got something going that we can all be excited by and he will continue to develop and grow as a Test match cricketer. We all know how different it is coming from first-class level into the international arena because the mental demands
are so much bigger," Kirsten was quoted by Sport24, as saying.
After displaying an ordinary performance in the ODI series, the Proteas, under the command of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Smith-c1473, demonstrated an excellent show in the recently-concluded Test series against the Kangaroos. They won the first fixture convincingly by eight wickets
and gave a tough time to the Aussies in the second battle.
Their next major challenge is to do well on the upcoming tour to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 to their second World Cup triumph, has already expressed his desire to achieve similar results with his home side.
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