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Tauseef Ahmed: The Lionel Richie look alike who bowled enticing off-spin

Tauseef Ahmed: The Lionel Richie look alike who bowled enticing off-spin

Tauseef Ahmed, born May 10, 1958, probably got more attention for being a Lionel Richie look alike than for being an off-spinner who was good enough to represent his country. Tauseef bowled an unremitting line on and around off-stump and his natural variations that made him a dangerous bowler. Sarang Bhalerao looks at the cricketing career of the Pakistan off-spinner.

Sarang Bhalerao, Moments in history, Tauseef Ahmed, Pakistan, Abdul Qadir, Dilip Vengsarkar, Kapil Dev, Pakistan tour of India 1987, Javed Miandad, Lionel Richie

May 10 2013, 12:16 pm

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Iverson, Ramadhin, Gleeson, Mendis - Mystery spinners before Sunil Narine

Iverson, Ramadhin, Gleeson, Mendis - Mystery spinners before Sunil Narine

Sunil Narine’s mystery still remains unravelled in Twenty20, although he has not really managed to spin such tales of intrigue in Test matches. Arunabha Sengupta looks at the careers of different mystery spinners across cricketing history.

Arunabha Sengupta, Facts and Figures, Sunil Narine, Ajantha Mendis, Bernard Bosanquet, Ellis Achong, Jack Iverson, Sonny Ramadhin, John Gleeson, Jack Potter, Mystery Spinners

May 4 2013, 4:59 pm

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