andrew flintoff was a bit **** really

[morgieb]

To go back to an earlier discussion, was Australia just as bad for touring finger spinners before drop-in pitches?

Other than the MCG most of the "drop-ins" have only come in through the last few years....so yeah. I think the only spinners to have much success here in living memory were wrist-spinners.

Plus it's also worth remembering that most of our great spinners were wrist-spinners.

 

[Flem274*]

You ruined it with the op bro. But I still love you

dtf?

 

[GIMH]

Dinner to flem

 

[Flem274*]

Dinner to flem

always willing to try your >REMOVED BY DAN< cuisine

 

[Starfighter]

I think the only spinners to have much success here in living memory were wrist-spinners.

Not really. Quite of few of the better visiting spinner records are from players who played us during WSC or the Mid 80s (check out Geoff MIller's record) but in general there's not much success regardless of style.

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/e...5;spanval1=span;template=results;type=bowling

 

[Burgey]

Yup, exactly my point. Hardly any wrist spinners with success in Test cricket recently. Finger spinners actually proving more effective.

It’s also about 400 times harder to bowl than finger spin, which literally anyone with a functioning hand and arm can bowl.

 

[stephen]

It’s also about 400 times harder to bowl than finger spin, which literally anyone with a functioning hand and arm can bowl.

And Murali showed that you didn't even need a functioning arm to bowl it.

 

[cnerd123]

And Murali showed that you didn't even need a functioning arm to bowl it.

Murali bowled wrist spin

 

[TheJediBrah]

Murali bowled elbow spin

 

[Coronis]

And Murali showed that you didn't even need a functioning arm to bowl it.

Didn’t we decide he was a wrist spinner?

 

[Shri]

Murali bowled elbow spin

Lol get the protractor out peeps