The unpredictability of the game of cricket is known to every cricket fan. One delivery, One hit, or One over can completely change the intense thrilling matches. Many times a part-time bowler can pick a hattrick and a five-wicket haul and on the other hand, Many tailenders can hit boundaries to help their team accomplishing a sweet victory.
Uncertainty of the game does not only stay inside the cricketing field it goes far behind that, as many cricketers switch their profession,i.e. bowlers become batsmen and batsmen become bowlers. Due to changes in interest over time cricketers focus on developing their secondary skills and master them to overtake their primary skills.
Many cricketers transform themselves after realizing their true potential. Historically, many bowlers have evolved them into a complete specialist batsman and ruled the ICC rankings It’s fascinating to see players totally change their specialist field and work in other provinces to grow in their cricket careers. Let’s have a look at players who evolved them from being spinners:
Steve Smith
The Australian leg spinner with blonde hairs; Steve Smith. In the early stages of his career, he was often compared with the Veteran Aussie leg spinner Shane Warne, many even thought he would be the one to be called Warne’s successor. But who thought he will be correlated with legendary Sir Don Bradman.
Steve Smith shifted his career path and focused more on his batting skills. From being a leggie he turned into a professional batsman and became a player who can’t be even considered as an all-rounder. The 32-year-old is among the top batsmen in the world and is also a member of Fab-4 in the cricketing world.
