Dan’s the man as Yorkshire turn to spin

By Guy Williams

Traditionally, Yorkshire have been proud of the outstanding left-arm spinners they’ve produced over the generations – successful and distinguished cricketers like Wilfred Rhodes, Hedley Verity, Johnny Wardle, Don Wilson and Phil Carrick.
Nowadays, Yorkshire-born talent in this speciality appears to have ended, to the extent that the county today are reliant on a left armer-Dan Moriarty, 25, born in Reigate, educated in Cape Town and signed from Surrey – a background far removed from the West Riding.
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