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| Adil Rashid has taken 415 first-class wickets at an average of 34.22 |
Adil
Rashid has had a mixed introduction to Test cricket with the ball, to say the
least.
The England leg-spinner took 0-163 in
the 1st innings of the opening Test against Pakistan - the most horrible facts
by a debutant - but claimed 5-64 in the 2nd innings as his side almost
pulled off an extraordinary success.
Defeat in the 2nd Test was distinguished
for Rashid's heroics with the bat, although he managed only 1-84 and 1-107
with his strongest suit.
Ex-England captain Michael Vaughan has
said: "Now we have a bit of secrecy in the side, someone who can carry our
attack to life."
With his final-day show in Abu Dhabi,
Rashid became the 1st England leg-spinner to take 5 wickets in a Test since
1959.
Why have successful leg-spinners been
so rare? And why do so few English players even bother with the skill?