Jeremy Blackmore discovers that learning to deal with the vagaries of the game has had a positive effect on the character of the Somerset and England bowler

England spin kings: Jack Leach, Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid

Careers in sport are full of ups and downs as Jack Leach can attest. The Somerset spinner has had his fair share of both in the past year.
“I’ve accepted that when I’m in a high, I’m not far away from another low,” he says ruefully. “And if I’m in a low, I’m not far away from a high.”
It has been 12 months since Leach made ...