Zak against lefties

[vvvslaxman]

IN All formats Smith 13 times Sanga 10 times Jayasuriya 10 times Hayden 10 times Alistair campbell 8 times Gayle 8 times Gilly 7 times Tharanga 6 times Cook 6 times Strauss 6 times His top 4 are lefties. His remarkable ability to cut the ball back in has caused demise of so many lefties. Hussey 3 times in a row got dismissed by Zak in recent times including 2 IPL dismissals.

[Cricket Tragic]

Sanga last week

When India were victorious in 2007, Zaheer Khan was the main man. "After [Wasim] Akram and [Chaminda] Vaas, there's Zak," he said. "I'm very open in saying that I don't like facing him. "Look at Brett Lee. He came in as a tearaway quick, but transformed himself into being fast and accurate. Shaun Tait is extremely fast but not accurate. Same pace, both of them, but one a much better-quality bowler."

[Sidhoni]

His dismissals, mostly clean bowled against Hayden in the 2008 Border Gavaskar trophy were amazing to watch.

[Cricket Tragic]

Cook/Strauss vs Zak will be great to watch.

[Holysmoke]

Zak is phenomenal against lefties. Lefties have been a major major problem for India over the years. Anyone remember the times when there was Jayasuriya in one series, then Mark Richardson, then Andy flower, then Hayden, then Chanderpaul, etc Those days were :((

[Karan114]

Zak is phenomenal against lefties. Lefties have been a major major problem for India over the years. Anyone remember the times when there was Jayasuriya in one series, then Mark Richardson, then Andy flower, then Hayden, then Chanderpaul, etc Those days were :((

:((

[Sid]

Zak is phenomenal against lefties. Lefties have been a major major problem for India over the years. Anyone remember the times when there was Jayasuriya in one series, then Mark Richardson, then Andy flower, then Hayden, then Chanderpaul, etc Those days were :((

You missed Anwar,he was also a big pain.

[jaggadaku]

^and who can forget Jimmy adams

[vvvslaxman]

Alistair cook will have his task cut out against Zak.

[Cricket Tragic]

Would have liked to see him rested for the WI tests. Winning in England and later Australia should be the main aim. Rest Zak for all other matches.

[ganeshran]

Zaheer is the best left armer in the world right now :aha: :yay: If he had 5mph more speed with the same control, he would be literally unplayable.

[gaurav92]

^and who can forget Jimmy adams

He was talking about pain for India, not for Windies :cantstop:

[Bumper]

England have a strong batting lineup. They can bat for two days. I cannot see Zaheer lasting that tour without breaking down, without a wicket taking support seamer. The last time we had Kumble and then there was RP Singh - who was more than a handful on English soil (Sreesanth had an average tour). Who will support Zak this time ? Ishant ? Sreesanth ?

[mishra]

You missed Anwar' date='he was also a big pain.[/quote'] Man he was biggest pain.... Wahtever we did. Match was never won while he was there. I kind of rate him above Miandad when it comes to odis, specially against us.

[vvvslaxman]

England have a strong batting lineup. They can bat for two days. I cannot see Zaheer lasting that tour without breaking down' date=' without a wicket taking support seamer. The last time we had Kumble and then there was RP Singh - who was more than a handful on English soil (Sreesanth had an average tour). Who will support Zak this time ? Ishant ? Sreesanth ?[/quote'] I hope they pick RP as an extra seamer. He could be lethal there. Those banana inswingers to righties were deadly. We are talking about fully fit Zak. A fully fit Zak will be a handful as well. Also dartbhajan will be highly ineffective there. So they need an extra spinner as well. So we might have to send 17 instead of usual 16.

[Sachinism]

England have a strong batting lineup. They can bat for two days. I cannot see Zaheer lasting that tour without breaking down' date=' without a wicket taking support seamer. The last time we had Kumble and then there was RP Singh - who was more than a handful on English soil (Sreesanth had an average tour). Who will support Zak this time ? Ishant ? Sreesanth ?[/quote'] If Ishant bowls the way he has in IPL, he will rip through England. Its just a question of how long he'll be able to last though

[Holysmoke]

Am I the only idiot who thinks Irfan should be going to Engerland?

[gaurav92]

Am I the only idiot who thinks Irfan should be going to Engerland?

Yes. But seriously what did you see in Irfan to be able to take him for the English tour ? :hmmm:

[Sachin=GOD]

Am I the only idiot who thinks Irfan should be going to Engerland?

:agree: you izzz the only idiot who wants him right now :--D He needs to do much more to have a spot in the Indian bowling lineup. He has been saying for ages that he wants to make a comeback in "4-5" months but what he has ended up doing is taking a contract to play t20 kirkut in England, which doesn't really show his intentions to seriously make a comeback to Indian cricket.

[Holysmoke]

Yes. But seriously what did you see in Irfan to be able to take him for the English tour ? :hmmm:

He may be slow, but he can def swing it. Still.