Oh, we'd have some fun with this...Has taken more wickets in a series in India than the tubby Victorian hack ever managed.
We all know performance in the subcontinent is the acid test for spinners, so quod erat demonstrandum I think.
Given that wrist spinners tend to (or at least should) be used in a more attacking manner than finger spinners, a higher economy rate perhaps shouldn't be used too liberally as a stick with which to beat him; having a rank amateur and a batsman that bowls as your spin partners probably doesn't help either. I would have liked to have seen current Rashid with, say, 2011/12 Swann
Yeah I'm cool with it as well.
Couldn't agree more and I've definitely been one of his biggest critics.
Yes. Moeen can do the hard yards in first innings and once the pitch starts to help the spinners later in a game Rashid comes right into it. Also shown he can do a job on pitches that aren't doing much on this tour too.
Definitely. I don't even think Rashid and Moeen need to be bowling massive amounts of overs in that scenario - the bulk of the bowling should be done by the 4 seamers, but then you've also got a pretty handy leggie and offie up your sleeve if you need one.
