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Giles began as a fast bowler, but is now a left-arm orthodox spinner (turning the ball away from right-handed batsmen, like a leg spinner). His ability to get the ball to turn has been criticised, but he is accurate and shows good variation. Since 2000/1, he has been England's first-choice slow bowler. He is also a useful tail-end batsman: he has scored three first-class centuries, but his Test average is below 20 and he has scored only three Test fifties.

Until 2004, his most successful bowling has been in PakistanIslami Jamhuria Pakistan ( In Detail) ( In Detail) National motto: Iman, Ittehad, Nazm( Urdu: "Faith, Unity, Discipline" Official Language(s) Urdu, English Capital Islamabad Largest City Karachi President General Pervez Musharraf Prime Minister Shaukat Az and Sri LankaThe Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (known as Ceylon before 1972) is a tropical island nation off the southeast coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known in ancient times as Lanka Lankadweepa (meaning "Resplendent Land" in Sanskrit), Taprobane an. In July 2004, he took 9-210 in the first Test at Lord's (including his 100th Test wicket, Brian LaraBrian Charles Lara (born May 2, 1969 in Cantaro, Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago) is an outstanding West Indian cricketer. He is a talented left-handed batsman with an exceptional ability to build massive innings. Lara is the world record holder for the h) and 9-122 in the second Test at EdgbastonEdgbaston is an area in Birmingham, England. It is also a formal district, managed by its own district committee. Edgbaston was historically a town in its own right, until it became administratively part of Birmingham in the late 19th century. Edgbaston h, and was instrumental in England beating West IndiesNote: This page shall also refer to West Indian women's national cricket team, and junior teams (representing West Indies) but unless explicitly mentioned, it refers to the senior (main) cricket team The West Indian cricket team also known colloquially as twice. In that series he gained the nickname "King Of Spain", after a set of mugs ordered for his testimonial year had been erroneously printed with that slogan, instead of "King Of Spin". He was, until that successful run of form, also much derided by commentators: the BBC'sThe British Broadcasting Corporation BBC is primarily a national publicly-funded broadcaster based in the United Kingdom, which also has some international services. Some of the international services (such as BBC cable TV in America, Canada and elsewhere Test Match SpecialCricket Test Match Special (known as TMS is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. TMS provides ball-by-ball coverage of many Test cricket matches involving the English cricket team. History of TMS BBC Radio was the first broadcaster to cover every b commentator Henry Blofeld famously labelled him a "Wheelie Bin", much to Giles's disgust.