Spin attack has found new life in the smaller 20 - 20 version of the cricket game. In the first season of the IPL, most spinners, except the few greats, had to face the wrath of the batsmen. The flat wickets in India did not help the spinners either and most captains were reluctant to use spin in the 20 over game. However, the IPL 2.0 did bring the spinners back to life with some support from the green wickets. The trend has carried on in the T20 World cup and most captains are exploiting their main and part – time spinners to reduce the number of runs scored by the opposition. In T20 cricket, batsmen do not get the opportunity to settle down and get their eye in to the ball. At such a stage, spin attack makes the life of batsmen more difficult, as they have to generate the shots to make any runs off the spinners. Thus, expect more captains to experiment with spin on the English wickets for the rest of the World Cup matches.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Spin Attack
Spin attack has found new life in the smaller 20 - 20 version of the cricket game. In the first season of the IPL, most spinners, except the few greats, had to face the wrath of the batsmen. The flat wickets in India did not help the spinners either and most captains were reluctant to use spin in the 20 over game. However, the IPL 2.0 did bring the spinners back to life with some support from the green wickets. The trend has carried on in the T20 World cup and most captains are exploiting their main and part – time spinners to reduce the number of runs scored by the opposition. In T20 cricket, batsmen do not get the opportunity to settle down and get their eye in to the ball. At such a stage, spin attack makes the life of batsmen more difficult, as they have to generate the shots to make any runs off the spinners. Thus, expect more captains to experiment with spin on the English wickets for the rest of the World Cup matches.
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