In the first Test against Bangladesh last month, Gareth Batty took four wickets,
went for fewer runs an over than Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid, and England won.
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. For the second Test, England dropped the veteran offspinner in favour of his
Surrey team-mate, the left-arm orthodox spinner Zafar Ansari, who went round the
park some and got only two wickets as England lost by a fair bit. Yet it was
Ansari and not Batty who lined up against India in Rajkot earlier this month.In
England last summer, Batty took almost twice as many first-class wickets as
Ansari. Of course, Ansari is 15 years younger with a long career ahead of him.
As a left-armer, he offers variation to Moeens offspin and Rashids leggies. But
could it be, though, that the England selectors always had Ansari pencilled in
for the India Tests, with an eye on cricket history?England have only ever won
four Test series in India. Each time, a left-arm spinner has featured
prominently. Monty Panesar in 2012-13, Phil Edmonds in 1984-85, Derek Underwood
in 1976-77. Douglas Jardine took two left-arm spinners to India in 1933-44,
Hedley Verity and James Langridge, who took 33 of Englands 58 wickets. Never
since has an England cricket team left for India without a slow left-armer in
their touring party.Batty might have spun the ball more than Ansari in Rajkot,
and offered Alastair Cook more control. He might even have got more wickets. But
he wouldnt have been able to send down the sort of delivery with which Ansari
almost got Cheteshwar Pujara in the first innings. Bowling round the wicket to
the right- hander, Ansari trotted in close to the umpire and the wicket before
leaping out wide in the delivery stride to create an angle and firing one in
towards off stump. As it landed, the ball straightened - not enough to take it
away from the batsman but enough to alter the natural angle of the delivery,
which without the straightening have gone on to leg stump.Pujara, expecting a
bit more turn than there was, played outside the line, was struck on the pad,
and given out by umpire Chris Gaffaney. The decision was overturned using the
DRS, as the ball was found to be bouncing over the stumps, but later in the
innings Ansari dismissed nightwatchman Amit Mishra and Ajinkya Rahane with
similar deliveries.Geoff Miller, who toured with Underwood in 1976-77 and was an
England selector at the time of Panesars series in 2012-13, says that conditions
in India suit left-arm spinners. It will turn out there but not always
straightaway and not every ball, he says. That inconsistency makes the ball that
straightens slightly particularly deadly. If the ball is not spinning, the
left-arm-around angle gives the bowler a chance to beat batsmen on the inside as
well as the outside.Ravindra Jadeja has taken 67 wickets at 18.73 on home
pitches. He doesnt spin the ball that much or that often, but hes always an lbw
threat. Pakistans Abdur Rehman caused England all sorts of problems on similar
pitches, in Dubai in 2012-13. Fourteen of his 19 wickets in that series were
either bowled or lbw.Former England left-arm swing bowler John Lever, who made
his Test debut on the 1976-77 tour, says that when the left-armer bowls wide of
the stumps, the right-hand batsman finds it more difficult to line up the
delivery. The batsman has to decide, late, whether to play or leave, he says. If
it doesnt turn and you leave it, theres a problem.Unlike with offspinners, the
angle at which left-armers deliver the ball means that they dont actually have
to bowl a doosra to cause the batsman an additional problem.The sort of ball
that Ansari got his wickets with in Rajkot, the sort Jadeja bowls and Rehman
bowled, starts off looking like its going to slide in with the arm. On landing,
it straightens marginally or just holds its line. This presents right-hand
batsmen with a confusing set of angles to deal with. Particularly a batsman who
sets himself early against the balls original trajectory, towards leg stump. Or
who, like Pujara against Ansari, plays outside the line, expecting it to turn
away from the bat. These are the sort of deliveries that Kevin Pietersen had
problems with a few years ago.Nine of Panesars 17 wickets in 2012-13, were
either bowled or lbw. So were ten of Veritys and Langridges 33, but only three
of Edmonds and five of Underwoods 1976-77 tally. As Ansari showed when he had R
Ashwin caught at cover on the final evening in Rajkot, as England chased an
unlikely victory, left-armers can get wickets with flight and traditional spin
too.Even when left-arm spinners havent won series in India for England, theyve
still been in the side, pressed into service for India duty. On Englands second
tour to India, in 1951-52, Malcolm Hilton, a left-armer from Lancashire, played
two of his four Tests and took 11 wickets. In 1963-64, England picked Yorkshires
Don Wilson for the first time. A horse for the Indian course, Wilson played only
one more Test, seven years later, against New Zealand. Ian Blackwell went to
India in 2005-06.Regulars Tony Lock, Norman Gifford, Phil Tufnell and Ashley
Giles have also toured India with England.Offspinner James Tredwell, who went to
India in 2012-13 as back-up to Panesar and Graeme Swann, says that left-arm
spinners have another advantage over other types of slow bowlers in that they
tend to bowl the ball into the pitch a bit more, with a bit more pace. Peter
Such, the former England offspinner and current ECB lead spin coach, says that
this is an advantage on slower pitches, like those in India. Underwood, Edmonds
and Panesar could all get the ball through at a strong pace without losing the
ability to spin the ball, he points out.Englands left-arm spinners in their
winning series in India have been both economical and a wicket threat. In
2012-13, Panesar took 17 wickets as England came back from 1-0 down to take the
next two Tests. In the final match, with England needing a draw to clinch the
series, he bowled 52 overs for just 81 runs. Edmonds too was miserly in 1984-85.
In the second Test, in Delhi, where England won to square the series, he sent
down 88.2 overs for just 143 runs (while taking six wickets). During the series,
he went, on average, at 2.11 an over. Underwood, too, kept the runs down when he
wasnt taking wickets. His economy rate, 2.01, was the lowest of all England
bowlers in 1976-77. Deadly would put the ball on the spot all the time, create
pressure, says Lever, who bagged 26 wickets on that tour himself. Underwood
hated going for runs, you could see it in his body language, in his facial
expressions. He was always trying to bowl dot balls. A dot ball is a good ball,
hed say. Last ball of every over had to be a dot ball.Such observes that
left-armers have another way of keeping the score down - bowling over the wicket
into the rough outside the right-handers leg stump. Giles did this to great
effect in 2000-01, much to Sachin Tendulkars annoyance.Tredwell adds that
left-armers can also cause trouble for left-hand batsmen later in the game, when
rough starts appearing outside their off stump from right-arm seam bowlers
following through on the pitch. There arent as many left-arm seamers, so
offspinners spend more time bowling on the good part of the wicket, he says.Not
that this has mattered much down the years. In 49 Test matches spread over 13
tours and 84 years, only 14 left-hand batsmen (of whom only six are recognised
batsmen) have played for India against England in India.The preponderance of
right-handers is borne out by figures from Indian domestic cricket. Of the top
20 all-time Ranji Trophy run-makers, only four are left-handers. Not hugely
surprising, then, that ten of the top 20 bowlers are left-arm spinners. As Such
says, Spinners are more effective when their stock delivery turns away from the
batsman.The left-armers magic didnt work every time for England. Tufnell
struggled in 1992-93, as did all the other England bowlers. Panesar and Ian
Blackwell took five wickets for 383 runs between them in 2005-06, and on the
next tour, Panesar averaged over 50. Even Underwood struggled on the flat,
lifeless pitches that India prepared in 1981-82. Its also worth pointing out
that in all four series in which they were successful, England scored heavily
enough for the sort of attritional approach favoured by their left-arm spinners
to reap dividends.Ansari is very much Englands third spinner. His job is to keep
things steady, in shorter spells, while Moeen, Rashid, and maybe, given the
right conditions, the seamers, threaten Indias batting line-up.In some ways it
will be harder for Ansari to do this than it was for his more illustrious
predecessors. And not just because he is only starting out on his career and is
as yet unproven at Test level, but because cricket isnt such an attritional game
these days and batsmen are adept at finding ways of scoring off even the most
miserly bowler.The DRS might make lbws more likely but it also encourages
batsmen to play with their bat rather than bat and pad. In the past, a stock
ball from a left-arm-round like Ansari, angled into the pads, might have brought
a tentative prod forward, the batsman unsure whether the ball will straighten or
turn. These days, batsmen are more flexible, less patient.If, though, Ansari can
provide England with a solid third spinning option, and along the way snaffle
out one or two Indian batsmen with the sort of awkward delivery that did for
Mishra and Rahane and almost got Pujara in Rajkot, then Trevor Bayliss, Cook and
Co, will be happy. And the legend of the left-arm English spinner in India will
live on.
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. Schenn scored the game-winning goal and added two assists to lead the
Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank
Saddledome on Tuesday.
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Hi Kerry, Its another day and here we are looking at another dubious hit to the
head. In this case Blue Jackets forward Brandon Dubinsky elbowed Saku Koivu in
the head about a second after he dished off the puck to a teammate, knocking him
unconscious. TULSA, Okla. -- Junior Etou scored 17 points and made two clutch
baskets down the stretch that helped Tulsa repel a strong Oregon State rally for
a 75-64 win on Tuesday night.Junior college transfer Jaleel Wheeler added 16
points and Sterling Taplin and Pat Birt nine each in matchup of two of last
years NCAA Tournament participants which were hit hard by graduation. Tulsa
(2-2) shot 45 percent and outrebounded OSU 38-23, led by Etons seven boards.Tres
Tinkle scored 19 points for Oregon State (2-3), JaQuori McLaughlin had 12 points
and five rebounds and Drew Eubanks added 10 points and five boards.Trailing
37-22 after a tentative first half, Oregon State asserted itself early in the
second, opening with a 17-3 run to pull within 40-39 on a 3-pointer by Kendal
Manuel.Tulsa regained some control with a 7-0 run by Taplin, who made a
3-pointer, a free throw and then a steal and layup to push the lead back to
53-44. OSU kept chipping away and was within four when Etou answered with a
3-pointer from the left corner, then a layup on a nifty assist from Taplin,
giving Tulsa a 67-58 advantage with 2:50 left.I think what we did was we shot
quick shots early in the second half, said Tulsa coach Frank Haith. We got out
of character on offense in the second half. They have good players and they made
some shots, they got their rhythm and they got confidence, but Im proud of how
we bowed our backs and didnt falter.Tulsa opened the big halftime lead despite
using 12 players and changing lineups constantly. Seven players made at least
one 3-pointer in the half, eight scored and Tulsa limited the Beavers to 39
percent shooting (9-23).Im proud of the way we battled back, said OSU coach
Wayne Tinkle. They had 25 free throws to eight for us and had a big edge on the
boards. We played with much more purpose in the second half and thats the waay
we need to play, with passion, energy and purpose.
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. I didnt see that in the first half.BIG PICTUREOregon State: The Beavers lost
eight players who had played in a combined 622 games at OSU. Oregon State coach
Wayne Tinkle admitted he peeled a little paint with his halftime and post-game
sermons in reminding his young team of the passion and intensity it needs to
demonstrate on a consistent basis.We were acting way too cool, Tinkle said.
Thats not how you play at Oregon State and these young guys need to learn
that.Oregon State was without guard Stephen Thompson Jr., out with a leg
injury.Tulsa: The Hurricane are replacing 10 seniors and have just five players
who were on the roster last year, including two who sat out (TK Edogi redshirted
and Etou was a transfer from Rutgers).With 10 new players, its all about
practicing, working to get better, Haith said. Weve got some high character guys
who want to work and its showing.NEWCOMERS COME UP BIGNot only did Wheeler score
16 points, but freshman center Will Magnay replaced Edogi and fellow freshman
Martins Igbanu at center for most of the final 10 minutes, making 7 of 8 free
throws down the stretch, grabbing four rebounds and coming up with two
blocks.Its nice to have the three of them and go with who has the hot hand,
Haith said. Will has a big body, knows the game and has a lot of upside. Plus
hell be about an 80 percent free throw shooter. Its good to have him in there
when theyre fouling to get back in the game.UP NEXTOregon State: returns home
for games Friday against Fresno State and Monday against Southern Oregon.Tulsa:
visits crosstown rival Oral Roberts Monday. Haiths teams have yet to defeat ORU
in two previous meetings.
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