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Originally Posted by Rachael 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. |
Pakistan has produced more spin bowlers of note than has England, who in the last 60 years have just produced Underwood-Tuffers-Edmunds and Embury, and no leg spinner at all of note.
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Originally Posted by Rachael 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) |
Yes at the moment it is, but the four pace bowlers you have mentioned above is the sum total of any Pakistan pace bowler of note IMO.
England have produced lots of genuine pace bowlers like Flintoff-Harmison-Snow-Willis-Botham-Arnold-Peter Lever-Shuttleworth-Old-Dilly- and yes Devon Malcolm was better than most subcontinent pace bowlers, and better at his time than any other in England.
The fact is England were bamboozleed by Afridi not a front line spinner, and Kaneria scared England of winning at Multan.
England had a problem with Warne, and thus far this winter they have had a problem with the likes of Adridi and Kaneria-yes they do have problems in MHO in particular if they carry that strange selection of two spinners.