Brian Statham, born June 17, 1930, was one of England's most successful pace bowlers of the 1950s.
The pitch ensured a financial disaster, but Somerset compensated Bertie Buse.
The universally loved Brian Statham was one of the greatest fast bowlers produced by England, and the holder of the world record for Test wickets for a short period of time.
New Zealand's 26 has been challenged several times, but never beaten.
Statistics may not tell the whole story, but numbers are the footprints and tell-tale evidences left by cricketers across time. Having looked at the best bowlers down the decades, Arunabha Sengupta now turns his attention to how spin and pace coexisted over the years, and how spin bowling was evidently affected by one-day cricket.