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Old 25-12-2005, 07:21 PM in reply to Ernest's post "Winter Worries For England..>"
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Originally Posted by Ernest
Excuses will be made, but their can be no excuse for playing two spinners in a country that has always thrived on spin.
Pakistan is NOT a country that has always thrived on spin... and the batting has historically (despite notable exceptions like Mohammad Yousuf) been more vulnerable against spin than against pace. Typically, Inzi has been described as perhaps the world's best player of fast bowling: if you want a great against spin you would look elsewhere (not that he's bad against spin, it just ain't his strength).

If you look at Pakistan's most celebrated bowlers (Imran, Wasim, Waqar, Shoaib) and at what INzi says about the upcoming series against INdia (Pakistan's strength is pace) then you get a better picture of cricket in Pakstan: the country has produced some very spinners... but by and large they haven't found wickets in Pakistan THAT much more helpful than Giles and Udal found them!

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