A talk show on English cricket

Are England ready?

Having faced little spin in the warm-ups, are England in danger from India's 'mystery' spinners? Plus, will England go fitness first or risk Finn and Broad? (32:41)

Producer: Tom Kingham

November 13, 2012

Posted by simon_w on (November 14, 2012, 23:16 GMT)

When people talk about "mystery" spinners, the suggestion is that you can't tell what they're going to bowl, not that they have a kind of delivery which no-one understands or has seen before. Jarrod says Ajmal's not a mystery spinner, he just has the off-break, the doosra, the karom ball (etc.), and you can't tell which one he's bowling... Sounds like mystery spin to me...

Jarrod's point about Mendis and his "antenna" (read: tell) making him effectively useless is what proves the point - he no longer offers any mystery!

Comments have now been closed for this article


Play Video
Would you want to face Finn?

May 21, 2013 Jonathan Harris-Bass is joined by Andrew McGlashan, George Dobell and Jarrod Kimber to talk about England's win at Lord's, 4am Twitter antics and round up the week in county cricket. (42:20)

Play Video
'A difference of opinion poorly expressed'

May 20, 2013 An excerpt from an episode of Switch Hit where the team discusses David Warner's 4am Twitter rant against two Australian journalists (05:34)


Play Video
Mumbai Indians get through to final

Pix Report: A picture report of the second qualifier between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals (03:19) | May 24, 2013

Play Video
'Hope sanity emerges in cricket'

IPL Weekly: Harsha Bhogle reflects on a difficult week in the IPL, when the tournament has made headlines for the wrong reasons (06:49) | May 24, 2013

Play Video
Moneyball v Moneybags

The Huddle: Will Shane Watson pull one back in his battle with Kieron Pollard? Is Rahul Dravid as good-looking as Brad Pitt? Isa Guha, Mark Butcher and Nitin Sundar look ahead to the second qualifier of IPL 2013 - Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals. (20:21) | May 24, 2013