WEAPONS OF WAR

Not art. Weapons. Each delivery engineered to destroy.

PRIMARY WEAPON

THE FLIPPER

Skids through before they react

SPEED CLASSIFICATION

FASTER than most spinners

NOTABLE VICTIMS

Brian LaraSteve WaughInzamam-ul-Haq

Bowled, LBW - trapped at the crease

THE BOUNCER

THE TOP-SPINNER

A spinner who bounced batsmen out

SPEED CLASSIFICATION

Extra bounce from height

NOTABLE VICTIMS

Matthew HaydenGary Kirsten

Psychological warfare - unexpected lift

THE CLASSIC

THE LEG-BREAK

Not massive turn, but enough

SPEED CLASSIFICATION

Accuracy over extravagance

NOTABLE VICTIMS

Countless right-handers

Edge to slip, beaten outside edge

THE ASSASSIN

THE SLIDER

Arm ball that trapped LBWs

SPEED CLASSIFICATION

Slides on with the arm

NOTABLE VICTIMS

Most LBW victims ever for a spinner

Trapped in front - finger up

KILL METHODS

TEST WICKETS BREAKDOWN

619

Caught359 (58.0%)
Bowled117 (18.9%)
LBW126 (20.4%)
Stumped17 (2.7%)

SPECIAL DESIGNATION

Most LBW wickets by any spinner in Test history. The slider was his weapon of mass destruction.

AVERAGE STRIKE RATE

65.9

A wicket every 66 balls. Relentless precision.