Tag: Spinners

22 DEC

Former spinner’s bold Lyon prediction

The prospect of Nathan Lyon overtaking Shane Warne to become Australia’s leading Test wicket-taker, once as unbelievable as the latter’s ball of the century, is now far from fantasy. If Lyon, who currently has 334 Test wickets from 82 Tests, continues his current form he will surpass Dennis Lillee’s mark of 355 scalps this summer. […]

10 SEP

India rest key spinners for Australia ODIs

INDIA have recalled fast bowlers Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav for the first three one-day internationals against Australia while they continue to rest their frontline spinners. Yadav and Shami were part of the Test squad which blanked Sri Lanka 3-0 but were rested from the subsequent five-match ODI series, which the tourists also swept. Fast […]

09 AUG

A Japanese company has created the ‘Rolls Royce of fidget spinners’

© AFP Toru YAMANAKA Fujisawa (Japan) (AFP) – One company in perfectionism-obsessed Japan is claiming it has developed a fidget spinner that whirls longer than any rival on the market — 12 minutes and counting. Most fidget spinners, the must-have toy for 2017, can only rotate on their own for a few minutes at most. […]