"Ishtylish",
Here is the stat from Cricinfo on the 3 spinner you are talking about.
Ashley Giles:
Mat O R W BB1 BB2 Ave Econ
57 438 1893 53 5/57 3/18 35.71 4.32
DL Vettori:
Mat O R W BB1 BB2 Ave Econ
150 1120.5 4793 139 5/30 4/14 34.48 4.27
Mohammad Rafique:
Mat O R W BB1 BB2 Ave Econ
78 647.2 3002 68 4/33 4/63 44.14 4.63
To me it looks like JO faced one the current best left hand spinner.
We all know JO has limited skills and he always plays within his limitations (that's enables him to stay at the wicket). JO was not supposed to play the ODIs but we had no choice but play his since no one else seemed to be able to stay at the wicket. We all would have liked him to play more shots and take even more singles, but he couldn't. All these are not new to us but still there are a lot of posts on how bad he plays. What do we want, really? An overnight transformation?
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