Spinners in test cricket - are they always needed?


Spinners in test cricket - are they always needed?

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It remembers me the last tournament of cricket. When I was watching abu dhabi t10 live channel last tournament, I thought that Qalandars team will not gonna make it and will not win a game. And honestly, they had pretty nice chances to do that, cause their coach told them to play with some new tactics, isn't it?.
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keran - 17 Dec 2019 8:42 PM
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keran - 17 Dec 2019 8:41 PM
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anders045 - 7 Nov 2019 8:05 PM
It remembers me the last tournament of cricket. When I was watching abu dhabi t10 live channel last tournament, I thought that Qalandars team will not gonna make it and will not win a game. And honestly, they had pretty nice chances to do that, cause their coach told them to play with some new tactics, isn't it?

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Who's watching Eng v SA first test in SA?
England have gone no spinner.


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I think we are seeing the value of having a good spinner in Aus at the moment, with Lyon. Swann before him also. A good spinner is probably worthwhile anywhere. There might be an occasional wicket where it might be preferable to have all seamers though.

The problem is more whether it is worthwhile to always have a spinner, even if he is mediocre or can't play to the conditions. Probably not. 
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flyslip - 30 Dec 2019 10:18 AM
I think we are seeing the value of having a good spinner in Aus at the moment, with Lyon. Swann before him also. A good spinner is probably worthwhile anywhere. There might be an occasional wicket where it might be preferable to have all seamers though.

The problem is more whether it is worthwhile to always have a spinner, even if he is mediocre or can't play to the conditions. Probably not. 

I think we are gaining great value from GOAT too. 

Warne pointed out in his action he gets more body into his action when he goes around the wicket. 

I would hope there is a spin bowling coach working with the Aus team who is remedying this, as his figures show he is more effective bowling to left hand batters. 

Lyon is the third highest wicket taker in Test cricket in the world this year, but has an average of about 33 per wicket. 
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Decentric - 30 Dec 2019 11:25 AM
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I think we are gaining great value from GOAT too. 

Warne pointed out in his action he gets more body into his action when he goes around the wicket. 

I would hope there is a spin bowling coach working with the Aus team who is remedying this, as his figures show he is more effective bowling to left hand batters. 

Lyon is the third highest wicket taker in Test cricket in the world this year, but has an average of about 33 per wicket. 

Just when you are ready to say Lyon's best is behind him.. he pops up with consecutive four wicket 4th day hauls to seal the deal for both Tests. 
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baggygreenmania - 31 Dec 2019 12:13 PM
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Just when you are ready to say Lyon's best is behind him.. he pops up with consecutive four wicket 4th day hauls to seal the deal for both Tests. 

Ashton Agar is a man of integrity. He musta been bitterly disappointed not being picked for the Sydney Test..seeing he has been the reserve spin option on three previous series. Still the left arm tweaker/ batsman shook it off and was full of praise for the man that got the nod.. Mitchell Swepson. Ashton has been selected tho for the short ODI tour of India by way of compensation.

Had a chuckle over Nathan Lyons response to a suggestion by Shane Warne for him to step aside for Mitchell Swepson to make his debut in Sydney. Lyon aint having any of it.. rebuking Warne's suggestion by saying did Shane ever step aside for Stu MacGill? No honor among our cricketers.. seems Lyon is following the edict by Dennis Lillee."Never give a sucker an even break.." 
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Ashton Agar is a man of integrity. He musta been bitterly disappointed not being picked for the Sydney Test..seeing he has been the reserve spin option on three previous series. Still the left arm tweaker/ batsman shook it off and was full of praise for the man that got the nod.. Mitchell Swepson. Ashton has been selected tho for the short ODI tour of India by way of compensation.

Had a chuckle over Nathan Lyons response to a suggestion by Shane Warne for him to step aside for Mitchell Swepson to make his debut in Sydney. Lyon aint having any of it.. rebuking Warne's suggestion by saying did Shane ever step aside for Stu MacGill? No honor among our cricketers.. seems Lyon is following the edict by Dennis Lillee."Never give a sucker an even break.." 

I was going to post this too. 

Thanks, Baggers. 

GOAT rightly points out that Warne never actively rested himself to give Stuart MacGill a game! 
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Decentric - 31 Dec 2019 1:08 PM
baggygreenmania - 31 Dec 2019 12:17 PM

I was going to post this too. 

Thanks, Baggers. 

GOAT rightly points out that Warne never actively rested himself to give Stuart MacGill a game! 

Sorry to steal your thunder DC.
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Decentric - 30 Dec 2019 11:25 AM
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I think we are gaining great value from GOAT too. 

Warne pointed out in his action he gets more body into his action when he goes around the wicket. 

I would hope there is a spin bowling coach working with the Aus team who is remedying this, as his figures show he is more effective bowling to left hand batters. 

Lyon is the third highest wicket taker in Test cricket in the world this year, but has an average of about 33 per wicket. 

Australia has played 12 tests this year. So Lyon should easily be the highest wicket taker for a spinner this year - his only competition was going to be Moeen - and he was dropped early.

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But the beauty of Lyon is that 33, enables Aus to play an extra batsman at 6. And not have to bother with an allrounder. That's Lyon's real value. And he is good enough to do this. India keep switching from 4 to 5 bowlers, the latter now cos they rate Jadeja's batting as good enough to bat 6, despite dropping Pant back for Saha. 

I love the strategy of team balance, but I firmly believe it comes down to available talent and what the current talent can handle. As India and SA completely keep rejinking there's - SA is now a spinner, 3 quicks and all rounder, India is different every game, can be 4 bowlers, can be allrounders, can be anything, noone ever knows who will bat 6 or 8... these days.

But for rain in Sydney - India would have been 8-0-0, scary to think...

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18693/scorecard/1144996/australia-vs-india-4th-test-india-in-aus-2018-19

I look forward to their rematch series in Aus next year. Should be a good one. I think NZC is going to struggle a lot with Bumrah and Shami this summer. A lot.
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Yes. That's no doubt fact that Spinners are the backbone of a team regardless of the format. See the legendary Shane Warne who was indeed the backbone of the Australian cricket team. When the pacers are failed, spinners come to rescue. A good coach and a good selector always focus more on spinners than pacers. Pacers are good to control the game in the beginning but as the game progresses, spinners are necessary to further slow down the opposing team. Further examples are the local leagues like Big Bash League, IPL, PSL, BPL, and some other ones. There you can clearly see the effect of spinners in the game. One of the biggest sensations in the previous Pakistan Super League edition was Muhammad Nawaz from the Quetta Gladiators team who lead the team to victory after taking 5-wickets haul. The coming PSL 2020 hopes to produce even more talented spinners. That's the beauty of this famous sports. 

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johnwelney - 20 Jan 2020 9:16 PM
Yes. That's no doubt fact that Spinners are the backbone of a team regardless of the format. See the legendary Shane Warne who was indeed the backbone of the Australian cricket team. When the pacers are failed, spinners come to rescue. A good coach and a good selector always focus more on spinners than pacers. Pacers are good to control the game in the beginning but as the game progresses, spinners are necessary to further slow down the opposing team. Further examples are the local leagues like Big Bash League, IPL, PSL, BPL, and some other ones. There you can clearly see the effect of spinners in the game. One of the biggest sensations in the previous Pakistan Super League edition was Muhammad Nawaz from the Quetta Gladiators team who lead the team to victory after taking 5-wickets haul. The coming PSL 2020 hopes to produce even more talented spinners. That's the beauty of this famous sports. 

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johnwelney - 20 Jan 2020 9:16 PM
Yes. That's no doubt fact that Spinners are the backbone of a team regardless of the format. 

Ever watch the Windies from about '75 to '95 lol?

Further examples are the local leagues like Big Bash League, IPL, PSL, BPL, and some other ones. There you can clearly see the effect of spinners in the game. One of the biggest sensations in the previous Pakistan Super League edition was Muhammad Nawaz from the Quetta Gladiators team who lead the team to victory after taking 5-wickets haul. The coming PSL 2020 hopes to produce even more talented spinners. That's the beauty of this famous sports. 

A completely different skill set really. Short form cricket requires accurate "dart throwers' who don't go for many runs. Test cricket is a different beast entirely. Good test spinners want the batsman attacking them. A battle between good batsmen and a good spinner on a turning 4-5th day pitch epitomises test cricket. It's actually more exciting (IMO) than watching the quicks on a seaming day 1 pitch.
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ps. How many teams have dominated world (test) cricket without exceptionally good fast bowlers?
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Muzammal567 - 18 May 2021 6:30 AM
Yes, Spinners are play a very important role in test because it is a long format cricket and spinner plays a vital role for gain wickets. As you know today Cricket is very fast but in test cricket spinners much required..  As some time in T20 spin bowler turn the table. 

I would look at what you are talking about. For a joke), of course :)

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