Shami-struck WI look to learn from him

KOLKATA: It's a sub-continental contribution to world cricket, and the West Indies pacers are ready to learn a little more about the craft from its newest exponent.
Debutant Shami Ahmed's vicious reverse-swing at the Eden Gardens helped end the first Test early, and Darren Sammy & Co. now want to use the days before the Mumbai match to get on the youngster's template.
They seem to have already realised where they went wrong."We too got the ball to reverse a little. The difference between our bowlers and Shami was the length," Sammy said.
"Also, he was bowling into the pitch, bowling wicket to wicket. When reversing into the right-hander, he started outside the off stump, on a good length and finishing on the stumps. Our bowlers were too full or short and without consistent line and length. He showed us how to do it," the captain said.
The dramatic rise of the pacer, the son of a farmer from a remote Uttar Pradesh village, has suddenly lent the Indian attack a potency that should hold it in good stead on the more challenging tasks in South Africa.