{"id":19445,"date":"2024-11-28T12:32:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T12:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19445"},"modified":"2024-11-28T12:32:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T12:32:51","slug":"bashir-not-perfect-and-learning-on-the-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19445","title":{"rendered":"Bashir 'not perfect' and 'learning on the job'"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“I knew that if I did come on, I’d have a job to do and thankfully, I controlled the run-rate which was handy,” said Bashir.<\/p>\n

Bashir’s success came despite a battle against a strong wind, which he bowled into for most of the day.<\/p>\n

In three Tests in Pakistan, on surfaces offering plenty for the spinners, Bashir managed nine wickets at a cost of nearly 50 runs each. In Christchurch, he improved by dropping his pace, averaging 52.2mph compared to almost 58mph in Pakistan.<\/p>\n

“I was bowling a touch slower but I was focusing on controlling my line with the wind,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Because the wind was very strong, I was trying to focus on what I needed to do with my body to get the line I needed to bowl, which was outside off.”<\/p>\n

Bashir has been elevated to England’s first-choice spinner ahead of Jack Leach and leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed.<\/p>\n

Despite that, he remains behind Leach in the pecking order at Somerset and went on loan to Worcestershire during the summer.<\/p>\n

Still, his 2,745 deliveries bowled in Test cricket this year is more than 500 than the next busiest bowler, Sri Lanka spinner Prabath Jayasuriya.<\/p>\n

Only India’s Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin, with 49 and 46 wickets respectively, have more than Bashir’s 45 in 2024.<\/p>\n

“I’m learning on the job and I’m not perfect,” said Bashir. “Two years ago I didn’t have a county. I’m just very, very thankful for what has happened over the last year.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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