Such promise: Somerset’s Dom Bess has worked extensively with ECB spin bowling coach Peter Such, right
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Derek Pringle looks at the credentials of two Somerset spinners who are battling to be England’s lead man
It used to be perceived wisdom that spinners did not reach maturity until their late twenties, though that only held true when there were three or four on each county staff to provide the necessary competition. These days the twirly men are an endangered species, which opens up all kinds of opportunities as Dominic Bess has discovered.
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