DEREK PRINGLE
Deciding what ball to go to at the death is a thorny issue
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As the size of muscles and bats have increased the yorker appeared to have drifted from the in white ball game, its bat-jarring precision in the blockhole seen as a risk too far for bowlers lacking fingertip control and unflappable mien.
And yet its timely return in England’s first two matches of the Super Eight stage of the World T20 has enabled Jos Buttler’s team to win one game and almost the other, as well as revealing both sides of this most challenging of deliveries.
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