Gibson says Narine will be future `match-winner` in Tests
Wily off-spinner Sunil Narine has been labelled as a "fast learner" and a "match-winner" and is expected to be one of the West Indies` trump cards on the Bangladesh tour this month.
|Last Updated: Nov 04, 2012, 05:27 PM IST|Source: Bureau
Bridgetown: Wily off-spinner Sunil Narine has been labelled as a "fast learner" and a "match-winner" and is expected to be one of the West Indies` trump cards on the Bangladesh tour this month.
Narine`s entry to Test cricket against England earlier this year was a tame one but head coach Ottis Gibson said since then, the 24-year-old Trinidadian had improved tremendously to adapt to the more stringent demands of Test cricket, reports CMC.
"He`s a very fast learner. When he played his first Test match, it was on the back of very limited first class cricket. He made his name in one-day and T20 cricket," Gibson told a media conference here.
"Bowling in one-day and T20 cricket is very different to bowling in Test match cricket and he had to learn how to bowl in this format, how to try and get wickets.
"England, obviously, was an alien environment for him. He wasn`t at his most comfortable. When we came back to the Caribbean we saw the real Narine.
"Wickets in Bangladesh will suit him, they will be some assistance there for him. When the ball is spinning he`s at his best and you saw in the series against New Zealand he started to go around the wicket which again against shows (he`s) learning."
Narine made an unflattering debut in the game`s longest version, going wicket-less in the rain-ravaged third Test in Birmingham back in June.
The right-armer returned to the Caribbean and instantly reaped success against New Zealand, picking up 12 wickets in two Tests and another 13 in the five-match one-day series.
Gibson said he expected Narine`s improvement to continue, especially in Tests.
"We expect him to be a handful for us. He`s a match winner, certainly in the shorter format so far and we believe he will be a match winner in the longer format as well," Gibson noted.
The Windies will play two Tests, five One-Day Internationals and a single Twenty20 against Bangladesh, from Nov 8 to Dec 10.
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