Adil Rashid is England’s Mr Constant – he is hardly ever injured and nearly by no means off form.
Solely Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis has performed extra one-day internationals for the reason that 2015 World Cup, whereas in T20 internationals Rashid is eclipsed by solely Pakistan’s Babar Azam and Eire’s Paul Stirling in the identical time-frame.
Regardless of making his debut in each codecs in 2009, it wasn’t till the 2015 rebuild below Morgan that Rashid grew to become a fixture within the aspect – and he has taken greater than 300 wickets within the decade since.
No different bowler on this planet has taken extra one-day wickets in that interval, and the following three bowlers on the listing – Rashid Khan, Adam Zampa and Kuldeep Yadav – are additionally leg-spinners.
There are greater turners of the ball (Jeffrey Vandersay) and a few get extra drift (Yuzvendra Chahal), however none have the entire management and mastery of his artwork that Rashid presents.
He’s the slowest of all of the leg-spinners who’ve bowled 500 deliveries in ODIs up to now 5 years – which is a fairly deliberate tactic.
“Some leg-spinners look to bowl it actually fast, in need of a size and do not spin it as a lot,” Rashid advised BBC Sport.
“Some, like myself, prefer to bowl it a bit slower to try to beat folks within the flight and get the drift, dip and spin.
“With T20 cricket, folks have began to bowl a bit faster as a result of they do not need to get hit for sixes or fours however I have been introduced up inspired to get the ball above the eyeline, get the batsman driving, coming in the direction of me and coming for me.”
