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Originally Posted by Rachael  All of which explains my preference for Asif over Steyn: the two might compliment each other nicely... but I'd generally expect Asif (not as quick, but more likely to bowl 5-6 quality balls in an over) to get a higher proportion of top order wickets and Steyn (quicker, but wilder) to cash in rather better in terms of wickets further down the order. |
Steyn's wickets (he didn't open the bowling on 7 occasions out of 35, otherwise he might have had more top order wickets. Asif has always opened the bowling apart from once.)
Top order - 33.3%
(1-3)
Middle - 35.2%
(4-7)
Tail - 31.4%
(8-11)
Asif
Top order - 47.1%
Middle - 39.2%
Tail - 13.7%