Who is the best spin bowler at this time? I do not want to issue any controversial statement but Saqlian, Warne, Murli, Kumble and Mushi are the most successful bowler of this time. Every one has something special about him and that's what is discussed in this article.
Saqlain, an off-spinner with best strike rate in ODIs from Pakistan. Saqlain has always been a very affective bowler on every sort of pitch. His special arm ball, which actually goes away from the right hander, is his most lethal ball. He is an expert in taking wickets of tail-enders. It is one big reason that he has got such a good strike rate. He plays county cricket from Surrey and no doubt is their most important player.
It is said that leg spin bowling is one the most difficult art in cricket and it is very difficult to have a good control on the ball. After retirement of Abdul Qadir, it was thought that it will take some time that the world will again see a leg spinner of such high caliber and capabilities but very shortly Warne emerged on the cricket scenes and became the most successful Australian spinner. Warne recently has become the Australian with most wickets in test ODIs. His remomberable performance was in World Cup 99, semi-final when he got wickets of Cronje, Kallis and Kirsten and paved the way of success for Australia in the last World Cup of previous millenium. Leg spinner and flipper are the most lethal balls that Warne has.
Murlitharn, the biggest spinner of cricket ball played a very important role in the success of Sri Lankan team in 1996 World Cup. Murali is still Sri Lankas most important bowler and their trump card to victory. He has recently devolved a very good arm ball and is taking quite a good number of wickets with it.
Anil Kumble, India's most successful leg spinner and has taken many times his side to victory in ODIs. After the retirment of Srinath from ODI cricket, Kumble has much bigger job on his hands. He is not a conventional leg spinner. He started his career as a medium pacer but then changed to a leg spinner. His yorkers are quite affective and he is a very mean bowler as well.
There are many other spinners in world of cricket like Mushtaq, Chandana, Boje, Adams, Dharmasena, Arshad Khan, McGill, Rober Craft and many others but they have not been as successful as the others are. Mushtaq in particular, who is the successor of Abdul Qadir failed to perform upto his potentails.
Spin bowling is a very difficult art and these names are making it more and more attractive to watch which is not only good for the game of cricket but also for the spectators.
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