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Murali mentor Yardley was a true spin king

by
The Cricket Paper Team
29 March 2019

By Jon Couch
SRI LANKA great Muttiah Muralitharan has led the tributes to former national team coach Bruce Yardley, who died this week at the age of 71 after a battle with cancer.
Spinner Yardley took 126 wickets for Australia in 33 Tests, and 344 wickets overall in a first-class career spanning 24 years.
After retiring as a player in 1989-90, Yardley became a commentator before taking over the reins as Sri Lanka head coach from 1996 to 1998, where he was a staunch supporter of Muralitharan’s unusual and often controversial action.
“Off the field, Bruce had an infectious persona...