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Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
So why can't others do it? Isn't short ball Taskin's staple "spank me" ball?
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Taskin when he bowls bouncers he does well, when he attempts to bang it in short and sticks to it and attacks the body he does well, what he does wrong is he often gets stuck in two minds, when he's got a good captain it helps him think straight
What you often get when he doesn't and when he's on poor form he bowls short and wide, he bowls length full then bowls short on purpose, that's not bowling to a gameplan, he needs to back himself to do one thing, since Walsh has come in, he's looked to add variety to his attack... That's only good when you've mastered the basics, taskin hasn't
Taskin has talent, he just needs to back a gameplan and stick to it, in tests rahim sets poor fields and he struggles to attack. Wagner bowls wells because he sticks to gameplan and backs himself, he's limited but solid mentally
Physically it's also difficult, anyone who's bowled at any level as an opening bowler or as the enforcer of the team, knows bouncers are difficult to bowl, Wagner is well compact, short but big, not everyone can do it, taskin could, with better guidance, more consistency, higher IQ - in new zealand taskin bowled like a world class bowler one innings, but didn't keep it up