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He was described as looking "increasingly out of place in the team as the emphasis switched to non-stop fast bowling, and his inability to translate his first-class form to Test level was one of the factors that encouraged West Indies to transform their game." It has been argued that Ali, like other
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Ali had a number of shortcomings as a Test cricketer, including his poor batting and his "annoying habit of running across the line of the stumps (while bowling), especially when he senses a caught-and-bowled chance." Opposition batsman complained and one umpire said he could not rule on an lbw
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Ali had his best bowling performance in this series, taking 5/59 against New
Zealand at Port-of-Spain, with the batsmen finding it very difficult to pick his wrist-spin and wrong 'un, leading one onlooker to write "properly handled, (Ali) could be a match-winner against the
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Ali was also a poor fielder, described as "nervous" by one onlooker. Clive Lloyd was visibly displeased during the Second Test of the 1975/76 West Indies tour of
Australia when Ali took the field as a substitute fielder, and even more so when he dropped a simple catch.
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also thought highly of Ali, stating that he "disguised his chinamen and his wrong 'uns with consummate artistry, spinning the ball quite prodigiously", although Tyson believed Ali's inability to counter batsmen who advanced down the pitch to him was his downfall.
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As it turned out, Ali had a solid rather than spectacular series against
Australia, taking ten wickets at 47.30 and made spasmodic national appearances afterwards, including one Test each in England and Australia, before his final Test, against
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claimed that Ali would be a key to a West Indies series victory, stating "I think Inshan now believes in himself... He's on top of the world and he feels there is no batsman he shouldn't get out."
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West Indian spinners from the 1970s onwards, was treated poorly by West Indian selectors and captains too impatient to let spinners mature, and captains unable to set fields for spinners.
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on 15 April 1966, aged just 16 years and 202 days. He took three wickets for 89 runs.
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decision because Ali had run across the umpire's line of sight.
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This biographical article related to West Indian cricket is a
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441:Former Test cricketer
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493:The Pride of Preysal
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517:The Hapless Hookers
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360:first-class cricket
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342:Biography
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