If he put his mind to it, I think Tendulkar has the potential to be one of the best spin bowlers around. However, he always put the focus on his batting exclusively and one can hardly chastise him for doing so at the end of the day.
Lance Klusener. Seen him bowl 6 balls an over that were all off breaks.
Depends on a persons physical (for a better word) makeup, I can bowl more acurate legspin that offspin (admittedly both are very poor).
He was definitely bowling leg cutters if not leg breaks - the hat trick ball was one, as (IIRC) the previous one to castle RP Singh
Indeed, but he's had a few good performances at ODI level (and no poor ones UIMM), adding to the most impressive start to a First Class bowling career I've ever witnessed. Mendis has done a lot more than Chawla.
fair enough...i guess its because ive not seen a lot of Mendis at all...and a little bit of Chawla. Ill reserve my final judgement for after the test series.
That's not fair. You're reserving your judgment of Mendis until after his debut Test series against some of the best players of spin in the world? Chawla has had a lot more time than that to make an impact and has done nothing of considerable note.
It just seems logical to me that giving a tweak with the fingers would be a lot easier than doing the same with the wrist. I guess there can be exceptions, but its rare IMO in world cricket to see a finger spinner spray it all over the place in the same way that you do see a wrist spinner.
Alot of them are doosras though. Even with the replays, I have a hard time picking him so I can only imagine how hard it must be for the batsmen. I think the only way i could predict which way the ball was spinning was based on the direction of the revolutions on the ball.
No...i think i shud hav phrashed it better...im nt really lookin to compare him with Chawla or anything...im just saying that this guy is made to be an amazing prospect...the nxt best spinner, taking after Murali etc etc....i would lyk to judge whether or nt he has potential...obvioulsy im nt expecting him to shine like he did in the ODI!
Mendis can bowl some wristspinner's deliveries, however, is this not the point?
The problem was this part:
What you've said about Mendis is fine, but you still haven't explained why it's not true for Chawla as well and why you'd consider him better.Nishant said:
