Is Sunil Narine a limited-over specialist? Opinion – Part One
Over the years, West Indies have relied on their fast bowlers in international cricket, who terrorized even the best in business and helped the Caribbean men remain one of the world’s finest teams from 1970s to early-1990s. However,
the islands have produced some quality spinners as well like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Roger-Andrew-Harper-c86437.
Trinidad’s young off-spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750. The 24-year-old
cricketer made an immediate impression at the ultimate stage of the game and proved extremely difficult to be scored against.
Narine cemented his place in the Caribbean limited-over side and proved to be a handful, with lots of variations under his belt. The mystery spinner was contracted by Kolkata Knight Riders in the previous year’s auction, which turned
out to be an exceptional move by the franchise as Narine helped them clinch the title for the very first time in five years, becoming one of the fifth edition’s leading wicket-takers.
Later on, the wily bowler helped http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 at home and picked up wickets in abundance, to go with his ability to limit the scoring-rate of the opposing batsmen. However, Narine became a truly world-class
bowler when he delivered the goods in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, playing a massive role in West Indies’ victory in the tournament. The youngster has also been given the ICC Emerging Player of the Year award in 2012.
Narine entered the on-going series against Bangladesh as one of the major threats for the home team. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saqlain-Mushtaq-c88743, is also impressed by the mystery spinner’s abilities and expressed before the series
that he may play a vital role in the outcome of the battle.
He expressed, “I’ve seen Narine from time to time on television. He’s an exciting talent. He was given the award for the emerging player of the year at this years ICC awards and he comes to Bangladesh on the back of a very good World
T20 tournament in Sri Lanka recently. So he’s in good form and full of confidence.”
However, that has not been the case so far in the on-going two-match Test series, with the cricketer from Trinidad failing to trouble the home team’s batsmen. Narine picked up just three wickets in the first Test, which included a couple
of tail-enders. On top of that, he failed to restrict the Bangladesh batsmen’s progress and gave away too many runs.
After a poor debut in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 this year, Narine did impress in the series against New Zealand at home as he grabbed a dozen scalps in two Tests against the Black Caps, assisting his side whitewash the opposition. However, the budding
spinner is yet to stamp his authority in the five-day format of the game.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ottis-Delroy-Gibson-c80358, also admits that Narine has so far established himself only in the limited-over versions and is struggling to deliver the goods in the series against Bangladesh.
“He's a quality bowler, mostly in the one-day format. In Test matches he got 10-12 wickets in first two Test matches against New Zealand but he has found bowling here a bit difficult,” Gibson said.
To be continued…
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