The gifts from PakistanFor long it was assumed that in cricket there were just a few gaps to be filled. Garry Sobers was batting on 364 when the occasional off-spinner bowling to him — Hanif Mohammad — switched to left-arm spin. He (or she — Bangladesh’s Shaila Sharmin and Australian Jemma Barsby are in this exclusive club) is usually a spinner, but Pakistan’s Yasir Jan, a pace bowler, has been described as “left-arm quick, right-arm quicker”. As a boy, Michael Hussey was a right-handed batsman till he saw Allan Border bat, and switched to batting left-handed. Coaches speak about the dominant hand and how to use it, but do not encourage those who are comfortable doing it either way.

Source: The Hindu June 01, 2021 16:17 UTC