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flanker
flanker
Sep 2015
12:56pm, 11 Sep 2015
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Rash seems to have developed a new stock ball. The full toss.
longboat
longboat
Sep 2015
3:15pm, 11 Sep 2015
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guaranteed to jynx it, but dare I say this looks like a good response?
longboat
longboat
Sep 2015
3:19pm, 11 Sep 2015
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longboat
told you
Crash Hamster
Crash Hamster
Sep 2015
3:29pm, 11 Sep 2015
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Crash Hamster
Rashid has always bowled a full bunger or half-tracker an over; where the myth of his control and accuracy has come from, I have no idea.

Still fancy us to win this, though :)
rf_fozzy
rf_fozzy
Sep 2015
8:58pm, 11 Sep 2015
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Rashid does, however, bowl magic balls and take wickets. Which is perhaps more important.

Australia's other excellent leg-spinner, Stuart MacGill, had a similar problem - the one bad ball per over. Unfortunately for him, Shane Warne was around at the same time and he was something else.

There aren't many leggies that are perfect all the time - because it's a difficult art, which is why there are so few around. The wicket-taking ability is was important.
rf_fozzy
rf_fozzy
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*what's

not was
rf_fozzy
rf_fozzy
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9:02pm, 11 Sep 2015
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espncricinfo.com

208 wickets at 29.02 in just 44 test matches....and a 54.0 SR

Compare to Graeme Swann (prob Englands best spinner?) - 255 at 29.92 in 60 test matches, SR 60.1

We want a Shane Warne. Unfortunately he was rather unique. In more ways than one.
Crash Hamster
Crash Hamster
Sep 2015
9:36pm, 11 Sep 2015
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Yep, MacGill would've walked into just about any other side at the time.

I agree wholeheartedly that legspinners take wickets and that there is some value to Rashid; what annoys me is the perpetual Sky-commentator-nonsense that he brings control; he doesn't. They spent all summer chuntering about Moeen bowling one bad ball an over and rhapsodising over how much more accurate Rashid would be.

It is, however, fantastic to see England having bowling options now; selection is going to be tough due to too many bowlers and (possibly) too few batsmen...
rf_fozzy
rf_fozzy
Sep 2015
9:59pm, 11 Sep 2015
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Don't watch sky, so wouldn't know! (refuse to pay money to that arse - Murdoch).

I guess it could be argued that he brings control by taking wickets, but I agree it's not really the same.

No-one from Yorkshire has ever claimed he's a tight bowler - we've always said he's a wicket-taker, which is his strength.
Crash Hamster
Crash Hamster
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Agreed about Murdoch (and I hate the fact that I'm contributing to Wayne Rooney's wages) but I pay because I love being able to watch cricket most days in the summer. Now that BT is muscling in on cricket (and rugby) coverage, I'm not sure what I'll do in the medium term.

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