http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saqlain-Mushtaq-c88743 impressed by Sunil Narine’s progress – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s former cricketer and legendary off-spinner, Saqlain Mushtaq, is extremely impressed by Sunil Narine’s progress in international cricket but believes that the off-spinner has to deliver the goods in Test cricket consistently,
if he wants to become a great player.
The 24-year-old mystery spinner from Trinidad & Tobago, having done brilliantly in domestic cricket as well as at the junior level, made his international debut last year during the tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750. Since then, the talented cricketer
has been a permanent member of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 team in the limited-over format.
Narine performed exceptionally well in the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), helping Kolkata Knight Riders to clinch the title for the very first time.
As a result, the off-spinner was given a Test cap during West Indies’ tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 at home,
showing signs of his skills to be successful in the longer version of the sport as well.
The youngster’s next challenge in the 5-day format is the Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747, which starts on November 13, at Dhaka. Saqlain is presently the spin-bowling coach of the home team.
While speaking to Pakpassion, the legendary cricketer urged Narine to focus more on Test cricket, as it is the ultimate form of the game.
“The young man has impressed me greatly in the shorter formats of cricket, but he has to remember that taking wickets in Test cricket will be the real challenge and a bowler's greatness is measured by his performances in the five-day
format," says the former Pakistan cricketer.
Saqlain further added that Narine has proved his potential in the limited-over sport recently, having done exceedingly well in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 and also winning the ICC’s Emerging Player award.
He added, “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.”
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