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Hutton's Ghost emerges from the hereafter to pass judgment on the foibles, follies and failures of English cricket and other absurdities...
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Now that the T20 World Cup and the WBBL are done and dusted, attention turns to the upcoming men’s Test summer, starting this week.…
Australia was bossing the second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle earlier this week. On a flat pitch, the tourists were 5-329 in their…
What a difference six weeks can make. Back in mid-May the English cricket press was still going through its regular bout of self-flagellation following…
Lancashire leg spinner Matt Parkinson is 25 years old and at the time of writing has 127 first-class wickets at an average of 24.…
Thanks Iron Dingo – probably more egregiously I forgot to include Arthur Mailey in the examples of Australian leggies. The destroyer of England in 1920-21 and a great character as well.
Matt Parkinson and the plight of the English leg spinner
Root could eventually be regarded as England’s greatest if he can continue his current form, increase his average to the mid/high fifties and score heavily next time in Australia. Until then he’s just very very good.
Superhuman Root will overtake Alastair Cook and become England's greatest ever batsman
Absolutely, most of those factors militate against picking a spinner generally, but nothing ventured, nothing gained. While Parkinson didn’t dazzle on debut, he kept it reasonably tight and picked up a wicket. He’s surely a better option than Jack Leach at the moment, who’s also suffered from selectorial issues and looks well down on form and confidence.
Matt Parkinson and the plight of the English leg spinner
Thanks All Day – that’s a very comprehensive list which proves the point. England has had plenty of leggies over the years, but in recent decades at least haven’t persisted with them. I did try to stick to examples of specialist wrist spinners as opposed to batsmen who bowl a bit.
Matt Parkinson and the plight of the English leg spinner
I note that Parkinson has now been left out of the squad for the Headingly test this week. And so it goes…
Matt Parkinson and the plight of the English leg spinner