Inshan Ali was a specialist Chinaman bowler. Bernard Julien was known mostly for bowling seam. And Roy Fredericks was a batsman who bowled at times.
Lindsay Kline averaged 22.82 with ball in Test cricket, doing particularly well overseas. Alas, he played only 13 Tests.
Johnny Wardle, a left-arm finger-spinner, took to bowling Chinaman and found reasonable success on Australian pitches.
Garry Sobers bowled outswing, inswing, and finger-spin. He also bowled wrist-spin...
If ever the result of a Test match can be said to have been decided by a single ball, this was the occasion, wrote Don
Part 1 of the series on Chinaman bowlers deals with Ellis Achong, often wrongly credited with the first popular exponent of the genre of delivery.
The first instalment of the series covers the first Tests for England, Australia (both 1876-77), and South Africa (1888-89)
Laurie Lee, famous English poet, novelist, and screenwriter, had chosen the wrong day to watch cricket.
The runs were originally not claimed by the batsmen, but New South Wales captain Alan McGilvray did not believe in altruism.
Fast bowlers are often motivated to bowl extra quick, but Phil DeFreitas case was slightly different.
Merv Hughes came in, snarling, hurling the choicest of words. Bill Athey merely acted the country yokel.
It was the most singular of circumstances. Upon much deliberation, the umpires awarded Humphrey Gilbert two runs.
This is about a curious case that may occur when a batsman stands outside the crease to a fast bowler.
It was Walter Powys first over in First-Class cricket.
As Don Bradman was busy annihilating the Englishmen at their den in 1934, there were others who turned the course of events to their benefits.
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