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"150 WICKETS IS REALISTIC": WARNE
Ashley Giles took career best figures of 9-210 in England's 1st Test win over the West indies at Lords this week.
"It was nice to bowl on a responsive pitch," says Giles, "the ball turned and at times bamboozled the batsmen. I'll be looking to keep this up."
At 32 Giles has at least three more years of test cricket ahead of him, and accordnig to one revered spin wizard, his Lords performance could just be the beginning. "I see no reason why Giles shouldn't go on to take 150 test wickets," says Shane Warne. "The talent is there, and so is the application."
Giles himself was more modest, and speaks of the revolutionary changes in his method that enabled him to bowl such a devastating spell. These include:
+ spinning the ball
+ flighting the ball
"The two innovations - spinning the ball and flighting the ball - did the trick," he says. "I also have the equivalent to Murali's doosra, which is when I manage to combine the two elements - spin and flight - into one delivery, which is sometimes unplayable."
Giles is named in the team for the second test, which starts this week.
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