If your friend can take Masters apart then he must be professional standard because there are few in county cricket that take Masters apart he is one of the most economical bowlers on the scene.
I can assure you he's not a professional, although he is very good.
He trained with Kent for a bit I think. His problem has always been keeping fit. He keeps wicket to a very high standard. His batting technique is also sound, but he doesn't tend to make big runs very often.
I'm not knocking Masters as a bowler and in fact I rate him highly. I've had a beer with him a few times, although I doubt he'd remember me, as he has given a bit of basic coaching/advice to some of the lads who play at our club.
Quite a few of the guys I play with could probably have played at a higher standard but the usual mixture of injuries, face not fitting, not knowing the right people and other priorities in life tend to conspire against them.
I played with and against Matt Coles (Kent) for Simon Cusden (Kent) for a while and you could see they had a the raw attributes, but the Kent coaching brought both on in leaps and bounds. Coles looks a completely different player now, and much better for it.
Anyway, it is very possible for a batsman to take a bowling attack to pieces, even if the bowler is supposedly much better. Just last week we lost a game because a self proclaimed 'slogger' got his eye in and just tee'd off. He usually makes zero or close to it, but every dog has his day and similarly every bowler has a bad day.