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Left-arm wrist spinners in cricket, part 7: Some minor West Indians

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.

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Left-arm wrist spinners in cricket, part 5: Johnny Wardle

Johnny Wardle, a left-arm finger-spinner, took to bowling Chinaman and found reasonable success on Australian pitches.

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Left-arm wrist spinners in cricket, part 4: Garry Sobers

Garry Sobers bowled outswing, inswing, and finger-spin. He also bowled wrist-spin...

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Left-arm wrist spinners in cricket, part 3: Lindsay Kline

Lindsay Kline averaged 22.82 with ball in Test cricket, doing particularly well overseas. Alas, he played only 13 Tests.

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Left-arm wrist spinners in cricket, part 2: Chuck Fleetwood-Smith

“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 Bradman of Chuck Fleetwood-Smith's dismissal at Adelaide, 1936-37.

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Left-arm wrist spinners in cricket, part 1: Ellis Achong

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.

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First Test of every side: Part 1 of 3 — Australia, England, and South Africa

The first instalment of the series covers the first Tests for England, Australia (both 1876-77), and South Africa (1888-89)

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Laurie Lee knocked out by beer bottle during a Test match

Laurie Lee, famous English poet, novelist, and screenwriter, had chosen the wrong day to watch cricket.

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Alan McGilvray ‘claims’ extra runs to win a match

The runs were originally not claimed by the batsmen, but New South Wales captain Alan McGilvray did not believe in altruism.

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The tale of Phil DeFreitas’s curious pace

Fast bowlers are often motivated to bowl extra quick, but Phil DeFreitas’ case was slightly different.

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