The Spin | How Lumpy Stevens and two pubs led to the creation of cricket’s middle stump
A Surrey club match in 1776 near the Thames was the scene for the first time cricket employed its holy trinityCricket has had a long love affair with the number three. The ethereal batter walking down the steps after the dismissal of one of the Praetorian Guard – a Don Bradman, a Meg Lanning, a (reluctant) Joe Root.The hat-trick, a bowler’s most showboating achievement – and a quick glass raised here to Henry Crocombe of Sussex, who just completed two…
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