Wasim Akram reckons http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 – Cricket News Update
Former paceman Wasim Akram believes the presence of Mushtaq Ahmed, a legendary Pakistan leg-spinner, in England cricket team’s dressing room as their spin bowling coach will stand the Poms in good stead in the four-match Test series
against India, which started in Ahmedabad today, November 15, 2012.
Apart from skipper Alastair Cook and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806, the English batsmen have a history of struggling against spin on the turning tracks of the subcontinent. The same problem cost them the three-match series against Pakistan in the
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE) with a 3-0 margin earlier this year, as they failed to counter Saeed Ajmal’s mystery spin.
However, Akram feels the presence of legendary Pakistan leggie will help Alastair Cook and men prepare better to exploit the Indian conditions during the four-match Test series.
"The presence of Mushtaq Ahmed will stand England in good stead," said the former Pakistan skipper in an exclusive interview with
ESPNSTAR on the eve of the series opener. "Mushy has been with the English team for the last six years and the former Pakistan leg-spinner has built a good bowling unit," he added.
Mushtaq, who picked 185 wickets in 52 Tests between 1990 and 2003, was snapped up by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) as its national team’s spin bowling coach back in 2008, soon after he retired from first-class cricket due
to a persistent knee problem.
Since then he has been mentoring the English spinners. Akram, a former teammate of Mushtaq, also credited the veteran leg-spinner for fine-tuning England seamers’ reverse swing techniques.
"He has not only been http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 claiming 414
scalps at 23.62.
"So http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 will have to chalk out a strategy to counter the reverse swing which comes into effect just after 10 or 15 overs with the SG ball," the legendary left-armer added further.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 and Co lightly in the four-Test series, saying the tourists will be a difficult side to beat. The veteran, however refused to predict a scoreline for the series.
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