Gary Sobers used to ball left arm fast medium with the new and old ball, as well as left arm orthodox spin/slow left arm, and left arm chinaman. Why aren't more bowlers encouraged to develop all round bowling skills? Wouldn't that lend more variety to a bowling attack and not require teams to worry about whether to pick 4 quickies and no spinners, 3 fast and one spin, or 2 and 2 of each? Why is it that Sachin Tendulkar and Andy Symonds are the only players today who bowl both spin and pace (plus Tendulkar bowls everything off the same run up). Why don't coaches encourage bowlers to explore their strengths in both the spin and pace departments?
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