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Is there a more one sided bowler in tests

With the current criticism of Shah in the other thread... Lets look at Ashwin's test record!
Is there a more one sided test bowler in test cricket history?.Aswin as taken so far 207 wickets in subcontinent conditions out of his 248 dismissals..
and 17 of them are against the w-indies in the west-indies.. That means hes taken 20 wickets.. against England/Sa/Australia in these countries!.

posted on 9/1/17

I have to say I have questioned most Pakistani spinners over the years .Their actions leave a lot to be desired.. But Yasir Shah as a very clean action..
Same cant be said for Ahswin.. every so often their is a slight kink in the arm.. He gets away with it. because he does it once every 8/9 balls.

posted on 9/1/17

Serial dismissed the Anderson myth

Anderson is one of the best at reverse swing too. He might get the odd nail in it every now and then but he sure knows how to control the reversing ball. That's another myth laid against him that he's just a new ball bowler.

posted on 9/1/17

comment by Liverpoolwhoelse17 (U16825)
posted 20 minutes ago
I have to say I have questioned most Pakistani spinners over the years .Their actions leave a lot to be desired.. But Yasir Shah as a very clean action..
Same cant be said for Ahswin.. every so often their is a slight kink in the arm.. He gets away with it. because he does it once every 8/9 balls.

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Someone like Ajmal was extreme but watching Ashwin there were times when he chucked the ball. He does make it obvious going from a straight arm to a bent one but like you said he doesn't do it all the time so get away with it.

posted on 10/1/17

Those are very good stats serial 👏🏻

posted on 10/1/17

About ashwin's action, I have always thought it was clean action. Atleast he doesn't wear long sleeves like narine, ajmal and bhajji

posted on 10/1/17

Mushtaq, Saqlain, kaneria, Qadir all had legal actions.

posted on 10/1/17

comment by JustTrue - (Ronnie wins his 5th UK Snooker Title) (U13155)
posted 16 minutes ago
Mushtaq, Saqlain, kaneria, Qadir all had legal actions.
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Saqlain was a very dodgy one, had he still be playing I'm sure there would have been some questions asked

posted on 10/1/17

I don't get why there's such a big case against these actions. I remember in the 80s when finger spinners were John Emburey, Peter Taylor, Tauseef Ahmed, Maninder Singh, dipak Patel, it was awful to watch.

posted on 10/1/17

Saqlain is the only bowler that was able to bowl a doosra without a dodgy action. Not once did anyone question him at the time whereas everyone used to question harbhajan and Murali.

posted on 10/1/17

Ashwin's is legal in my opinion, i don't really see the problem with it, just because an action is slightly unorthodox, it doesn't mean it's chucking.

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