Pakistan v West Indies: Pakistan’s spinning trio, fast becoming a Force to Reckon With
Pakistan which has always been known for producing phenomenal fast bowlers over the years is now on root to becoming a country capable of giving birth to some fine spine bowlers.
Recently, instead of relying on fast bowlers, Pakistan have been more dependent on their spinners to clinch victories for them. In the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Hafeez
and Abdur Rehman. It was this bowling attack that actually took the Men in Green to the semi-final of the mega event which they lost against their arch rivals http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
With the presence of four outstanding spinners in the squad, Pakistan has caused quite difficulty for other teams to score runs off their spin attack. The strength of the Pakistan spin attack has also showed its dominance in the ongoing two-match Test series
against the West Indies and while Afridi is not playing in the Test series, the remaining three spinners are making the life of the host side a living h**l.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, a country which is also famous for producing top notch fast bowlers has failed to improve in the department of spin bowling due to which the batsmen in that part of the world are not familiar with the techniques required to counter spin attack.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382, the captain of the West Indies, knows this fact as well and the only way for his side to pin the tourist down in this series is by dismantling their fragile batting line-up.
Nonetheless, in Windies’ first innings of the first test between the two teams, it was the Pakistan spinners who completely took the show as they pulverised the West Indies batting line-up on 226 runs.
The three spinners shared nine wickets which is a testament of their superiority. The lion’s share went to Ajmal as he took five wickets while Abdur Rehman and Mohammad Hafeez took two wickets each.
The prospect of facing Ajmal and Rehman in the same team has proved to be a nightmare for Pakistan’s opponents, a predicament which no team wants to be in.
Even in the one-day games http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 are now not afraid to play both Ajmal and Rehman who have proved to be equally lethal. Initially, there were concerns within the Pakistan management of including both spinners in the same games as there was a general perception
that playing the two together will be a bad idea.
Nonetheless, while on one side Ajmal is a wicket taking bowler, Rehman is blessed with the art of containing runs and breaking partnerships when the batsmen least expect the bowler to rattle them an unplayable delivery.
Hafeez on the other hand, is a good find for Pakistan, as he is an opener, and a fine one indeed he adds flare in the Pakistan squad by being a phenomenal bowler as well. It is a rarity to see an opener who is a devastating bowler and a batsman. Pakistan
management should groom him well to prolong his career in the national squad.
All three spinners are in their 30s which means that they need to be played in as many games as possible to gain maximum advantage from their presence in the Pakistan squad because in Pakistan the selectors are usually more comfortable in selecting young
players rather than aging ones.
After the banning of pacers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif because of their involvement in spot-fixing, it was being rumoured that Pakistan’s bowling arsenal had been heavily dented, however, the current spin trio is carrying the bowling attack pretty well.
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