How difficult it is to play quality spin

[HeavyBall]

I know many batsmen who have THRASHED pacers operating at 95 mph, but looked like school boys against tweakers!

Kevin Pietersen has one of the best pull shots and is a top player of pace, but has no idea against decent spin.

Viv Richards smashed Lillee, Thompson, Bob Willis, Botham and Imran Khan. But at the same time he looked ordinary against Bedi, Prasanna and Qadir....

What is so special about spin, that even some legends fail against it?

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Ramiz did say that someone like Cook wasn't a natural player of spin and yet he has scored plenty against spinners. So I guess you have to work hard at your game and grind it out on a pitch like the one in Abu Dhabi. But still it's really tough. Just like it's tough against a quick in overcast conditions.

 

[robelinda]

Playing quality spin is easy, so long as you weren't born in England or South Africa.

 

[thierry henry]

Bizarre thread given pace bowling is so obviously more effective than spin bowling over all. Then again, obvious troll is obvious and all that.

 

[HeavyBall]

Bizarre thread given pace bowling is so obviously more effective than spin bowling over all. Then again, obvious troll is obvious and all that.

Not quite "BIZARRE" after England's failures today.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Think you should change your username to 'Captain Obvious'.

Unless you're talking about political spin, in which case...that's deep.

 

[DingDong]

it's pretty hard

 

[kingkallis]

Ask them poms!

 

[Faisal1985]

As England showed its tougher and with doosra being bowled its even tougher ..

I guess as more and more bowlers come to the international level with the ability to bowl doosra the over all stats will change over period of time and spin bowling will be just as lethal as fast bowling..

 

[Prince EWS]

How long is a piece of a string?

 

[Heboric]

Playing quality spin is easy, so long as you weren't born in England or South Africa.

I dunno, Australia have been pretty dire, couldnt even play that crappy bowler Harris

 

[Spark]

I dunno, Australia have been pretty dire, couldnt even play that crappy bowler Harris

Won at Galle on a dustbowl.

It's hard, but nowhere near as hard as most batsmen make it.

 

[TT Boy]

Playing quality spin is easy, so long as you weren't born in England or South Africa.

But South Africa has not lost a test series in Pak or India for years. Amla averages 102 in India, Kallis 90 against Pakistan in away test matches and the last time a South Africa played in Abu Dhabi, AB de Villiers scored 278*, the highest score ever by a South African. So yesterday's Pak attack must not be quality and Kumble and Bhaji in pomp were not that either.

 

[Heboric]

But South Africa has not lost a test series in Pak or India for years. Amla averages 102 in India, Kallis 90 against Pakistan in away test matches and the last time a South Africa played in Abu Dhabi, AB de Villiers scored 278*, the highest score ever by a South African. So yesterday's Pak attack must not be quality and Kumble and Bhaji in pomp were not that either.

I agree, Proteas have a decent record in the sub continent.

I know when we first came back we werent so great but improved drastically since

 

[smash84]

quality spin is definitely easier to play than quality fast bowling I think

 

[Shri]

Playing spin is definitely easier. You need the same attributes as a batsman when you play any form of bowling but you can get away with having slower reflexes when playing spin as long as your other attributes as a batsman are good.