Yes Saby point taken, but he used to take a lot of wickets on these same tracks. Now either the tracks have slowed down considerably or his delivery has slowed down. Either way he has lost the bite and performed very poorly.
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i dont remember any of his breath-taking performance on subcontinent pitches. He always was unsuccessful here. But he performed splendidly over-seas where pitches are slightly quicker in nature, Australia, Newzealand, England, South Africa etc etc. Whatever it was, yes he has lost his bite.
My friend told me that Mushtaq has adopted the same bowling style that he had in county cricket in England.
Ofcourse the pace and the bounce of the pitch is much different in Faislabad then in Sussex.
Yes, he has always been much successfull spinner abroad then @ home.
I want to see him in New Zealand in december.
I want to see him in New Zealand in december.
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oh oh tell this to Aamir Sohail, considering how impatient is he, i dont think its gonna happen. Woh tu yougnsters ko aik hee chance deta hai, tu established players ko kahaan 2 dega :D
i dont remember any of his breath-taking performance on subcontinent pitches. He always was unsuccessful here. But he performed splendidly over-seas where pitches are slightly quicker in nature, Australia, Newzealand, England, South Africa etc etc. Whatever it was, yes he has lost his bite.
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Maybe not breathtaking but consistent. In 20 matches at home he has taken 66 wickets with a best of 6/84 and match best figures of 10/106. Compare that with his performance in these two matches. He has taken more wickets abroad but that also because he has played in more test matches abroad (31). His strike rate at home is 68.4 with 66.6 abroad, so not much difference there.
At home he has taken 66 wickets in 20 matches, an average of 3.3 wickets per match abroad he has taken 118 wickets in 31 matches, an average of 3.8 wickets per match. Again not that much difference.