Do England have the right spinners for Test series against India?
11 months ago

Do England have the right spinners for Test series against India?

Hindustan Times  

On the 2012 tour of India, England’s frontline spinners — Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar — had a combined experience of 88 Tests. Jack Leach appears to be leading a slow bowling attack thin on experience for the five-Test series Now add leg spinner Rehan Ahmed, who has played just one Test in Pakistan, off-spinner Shoaib Bashir — he made his first-class debut for Somerset in June — and slow left-arm bowler Tom Hartley, barely into his fourth County season, and this has the feel of an undercooked slow bowling attack. “Hartley and Bashir could be genuinely exciting on the sort of wickets that are going to be produced by India, or you think are going to be produced.” Barring Dharamsala, the other four venues — Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Rajkot and Ranchi — are expected to roll out typical Indian Test pitches that will produce sharp turn with varying degree of pace and bounce from the first day itself. Right from Panesar to Australia’s Steve O’Keefe, and as recently as Ajaz Patel, slow left-arm bowlers seem to have done exceptionally well in India, making Leach a non-negotiable for this tour. That Root could be bowling more than part-time again this time was evident when Key said: “You should consider him as being able to do a decent job with his off-spin.” As an added measure, England have also called up Bashir — a 6ft 4in 20-year-old off-break bowler with a side-on action and a high release point.

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