{"id":9852,"date":"2010-05-18T17:41:55","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T17:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2010\/05\/18\/england-can-become-greats-says-pak-spin-legend\/"},"modified":"2010-05-18T17:41:55","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T17:41:55","slug":"england-can-become-greats-says-pak-spin-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2010\/05\/18\/england-can-become-greats-says-pak-spin-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018England can become greats\u2019, says Pak Spin legend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Mushtaq Ahmed joyous after England lift World T20 trophy<\/h3>\n<div><strong>SPIN-bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed believes England could be on course to become the number one team in world cricket after they claimed their first global trophy.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>England overcame old foes Australia by a resounding margin at the Kensington Oval to lift the ICC World Twenty20 &#8211; underlining their dominant form throughout the tournament.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>They reached their 148 target with three overs and seven wickets to spare, and Mushtaq is confident the triumph is just the beginning for this England team.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cIt was a great day for England cricket and a brilliant effort,\u201d he told ECBtv.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cPlaying the number one team in the world and beating them like that, now we can believe that we are going to be the number one team in the world soon.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cCredit goes to Andy (Flower, team director). He\u2019s done a very good job because they had a great mutual understanding in letting the players go and play the game.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Mushtaq has played a decisive role in England\u2019s campaign in mentoring spin duo Graeme Swann and Michael Yardy, who both flourished during the tournament. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>In the final it was Swann\u2019s turn to steal the show with 1-17 from four overs. And Mushtaq believes he can now claim to being one of the premier slow bowlers in world cricket with all the key attributes.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cHe\u2019s got a big heart and whenever we talk about spin bowling, he\u2019s clever and brave,\u201d said the former Pakistan leg-spinner.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cYou\u2019ve got to be brave and Swanny is one of the finest bowlers, as an off-spinner, you can get in Test cricket or one-day cricket.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mushtaq Ahmed joyous after England lift World T20 trophy SPIN-bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed believes England could be on course to become the number one team in world cricket after they claimed their first global trophy. &#13; England overcame old foes Australia by a resounding margin at the Kensington Oval to lift the ICC World Twenty20 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}