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Originally Posted by offstump
if shakib was playing for SA and razzak was playing for WI ...... peterson and benn would have no place in teams.
peterson and benn plays in teams where they have more better bowlers. peterson bowls where there is morkel, steyn and botha to support. benn has roach, sammy, taylor and edward currently injured ......
but look at shakib and raj ..... they are the main bowlers and have lot of pressure to lead from the front. they dont get enough support from pacers and they have to bowl as strike bowler. wheras peterson just can concentrate on bowling length line.
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I don't agree with you. Rafique ( master of arm bowling and still playing well in domestic leagues ), Razzak and Shakib ( when he was not the top allrounder ) got a lot of supports from Mashrafe and Rasel ( when he was at his best). Player like Shakib and Razzak would not even called up for South African A team because their pitch doesn't support spinners that much. They just recently played more spinners in this WC 2011 because of the pitch and weather conditions of South Asia (BD,IND,SL) otherwise they are not stupid that they will rely on spinners that much. I can guaranty you that Peterson and Sulieman will bowl better than Razzak and Shakib against ZIM and Kenya and their bowling avg would be better than they have now.
Why WI will even bother depending on their spinners that much where thay have Roach, Fidel Edwards, Bravo etc...
Look at WI and SA, when they play without the support of Edward Bravo, Steyn, Morkel and open the ball with spinners (Benn, Botha,Peterson) ,
they still look much threatening than our so called world class spinners.
I would say Shakib and Razzak were lucky to be born in Bangladesh, followed and played along side by Rafique which helped them a lot.
After playing over 100 ODI matches , they are still have lack of variation and control ( giving short ball as a spinner !!! ) with the ball. No doubt about that.