Jack’s spirit brings out the Bess in me

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By Chris Stocks

Spin pals: Dom Bess has replaced his Somerset teammate Jack Leach, inset
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THE meteoric rise of Dom Bess is another success story for Somerset, the off-spinner becoming the third player from Taunton’s academy after Craig Overton and Jack Leach to make his England Test debut in the past six months.
When Bess stepped onto the field at Lord’s this week, he became, at 20 years and 306 days, England’s youngest-ever finger spinner.
Called into the squad after Leach, his fellow Somerset spinner, broke a thumb last week, Bess has given cre...

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