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Why are there no allrounders who bowl spin?

Don

Don

State Vice-Captain
majin i dont think steds will take to that sort of talk very much.better watch ur back.call the llama patrol.
 
Blaze

Blaze

Banned
So Vettori has averaged 42 in his last 20 tests. If he had been playing as a specialist batsman and averaged that much in his last 20 tests there is no way you could leave him out of the side.
 
V

venomous

Cricket Spectator
Chris Gayle, Vettori, Shoaib Malik, Afridi, & Warne(^_^) are the only spinners i could think of. Gayle and Malik usually perform better with the bat and Vettori, Afridi, & Warne with the ball.
 
shaka

shaka

International Regular
Vettori has an average of 53 in his last ten test innings, which is even more incredible.
 
FaaipDeOiad

FaaipDeOiad

Hall of Fame Member
Neil Pickup said:
Not at all to do with his Australian-ness, of course...
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Well, to be fair, Cameron White actually is a spin bowling all-rounder, rather than a batsman who bowls part-time spin or a spinner who can bat a bit. He's not that great mind you, but he fits the category nicely.
 
NZTailender

NZTailender

I can't believe I ate the whole thing
shaka said:
Vettori has an average of 53 in his last ten test innings, which is even more incredible.
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Yeah, but I'd prefer one of the top 5 to be averaging 50+

Which makes Vettori's contributions all the more important..IMHO.
 
chaminda_00

chaminda_00

Hall of Fame Member
In the past there has been a lot of spin bowling all rounders, but that was a lot to do with the pitches that were used at that time. Some of these all rounder include the likes of A Faulkner, C Macartney, MA Noble, W Rhodes and M Tate. Out of the 'recent' players the only real all rounders of any note are R Benaud and M Mankad, but both of these players are more bowling all rounders.

Out of current players Daniel Vettori IMO is the only one that comes close to being a genuine all rounder, if you take in recent form. I don't think guys like Afridi, Gayle, Malik, Chandana, Boje are consistent enough in there weaker area to be all rounders.
 
Swervy

Swervy

International Captain
James90 said:
Thilan Samaraweera. Originally picked in the test team as a specialist spinner and later developed as a specialist batsman so he has been picked as both. The same goes for Alok Kapali.
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An International Cricket Captain superstar
 
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