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SIMON SWEETMAN

Latest leggie: Mason Crane has played T20 for England

And so, England have picked another leg-spinner. Wrist spin is very much alive and well these days, though particularly so in white-ball matches, with India even playing that rarest of creatures, a left-arm wrist spinner, in Kuldeep Yadav. Most of the current crop will have been stimulated by watching Shane Warne on TV.
Mason Crane, 20, has played in five first-class matches and bowled 180 overs this season, and has taken 16 wickets at an average of just over ...