After Day 1 of the ongoing 3rd of the three-match Test series between England and New Zealand at Trent Bridge, young spinner Shoaib Bashir appeared as one of the weak links of the England bowling line-up.
The pitch map of Bashir speaks a lot about how the batters scored runs with ease against Shoiab Bashir. At the studio of Sky Sports Cricket, former cricketers Dinesh Karthik and Kumar Sangakkara explain how the English spinner could improve his bowling in the match, and why he looked venomous on Day 1.
Shoaib Bashir chose the wrong length to bowl
“Sadly, that isn't. When you're looking for control on a day one pitch where the pitch is not offering you much, if you're just pulling 47%, which is just under three deliveries and over, that means you have three hittable deliveries every over,” Dinesh Karthik explains.
Dinesh Karthik asks Shoaib Bashir to improve his bowling style
Karthik observed that Bashir needs to work on his bowling action a little bit more because of the non-bowling arm. Shoaib Bashir, 22, a right-arm spinner, is yet to master the technical part of his bowling action.
"That is NOT good enough from your frontline spinner!" ?Kumar Sangakkara and Dinesh Karthik discuss Shoaib Bashir's lack of control on day one at Trent Bridge ? pic.twitter.com/eZqifTS5Qu
— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) June 26, 2026
England started things nicely against New Zealand by winning the first Test at Lord’s. Then in the second match, without Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson on their side, the home team lost the match, and allows the Blackcaps to level the scoreline. As both of the teams have won one match each so far in the 3-match series, the ongoing, which is the third Test has become decisive in the contest.
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