Benauds appreci
Club Cricketer
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- Nov 26, 2006
The Windies batsman/captain Frank Worrell
I'm not sure, but it might have been South Africa, led by Graeme Pollock ?
The Windies batsman/captain Frank Worrell
The Windies batsman/captain Frank Worrell
Well who was the dominant side in between? I only really started watching cricket in my teen years.
I would of loved to see Jimmy Laker the English Off-Spinner. I would love to see an Offspinner with a legit action actually rip through lineups seeing as Im an off-spinner myself.
Saqlain has best Off spinning action. Infact hes one who made off spin famous just as Warnie made leg spin famous. Infact he has contributed more than Warnie by bringing in DOOSRA to world cricket.
I would say that Laker's 19 wickets at Old Trafford is more of a contribution to world cricket simply because he has set a record that nobody will ever be able to beat. If Jim Laker had a doosra, then he would of been unplayable on turning wickets (if he wasn't already).
How can a record be contribution to game. What contribution did Lara's 400 did to game. Even WI could not win that game. That score did not contribute to WI then how can it be contribution to cricket.
A guy introduces new ball which is so difficult to art and that only 3 bowlers in world can bowl it successfully and you say its not a contribution.![]()
How can a record be contribution to game. What contribution did Lara's 400 did to game. Even WI could not win that game. That score did not contribute to WI then how can it be contribution to cricket.
A guy introduces new ball which is so difficult to art and that only 3 bowlers in world can bowl it successfully and you say its not a contribution.![]()
I suppose we'll take away Tendulkar record run scoring records etc shall we and you'll have the same opinion?
More than 3 bowlers in the world can do it. A lot of off spinners have it in their armory these days. Alex Loudon, has/had it, and he was a very average county cricket. In England we have 4 spinners between the ages of 16 and 19 who can bowl it at England skills sets, and I can promise you that because the First Team Coach at the club is the England Youth Spinners coach. Essex's have a 20 year old offie who bowls it and can't get a game for their seconds in the previous summer.
To break the world record highest individual score is something special against a good bowling attack regardless of how the matched finished.
Jim Laker took 19 wickets against a good Australian side and broke a record that nobody will beat with orthodox off spin.
These performances are contributions to the game because only the most special player can archive them and they need a fair amount of skill.
Saqlian doosra was a great thing to come in with for off spinners but if you said whether that or Lakers 19 wickets was more of a contribution to cricket, they would of said the latter.
Read the lines, it says sucessfully. Every leg spinner can bowl googly but that does not mean that they all deserve to be playing in first 11. Good that England have found some spinners but im sure even kid playing gully cricket in subcontinent can bowl well than most of spinners in England.