Spinners offer far more than just giving the quickies a rest

Trend setter: Ex-West Indies skipper Clive Lloyd

The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events
Mutterings, at last, about the tedious sameness of the England attack. Four rightarm medium-fast bowlers and Moeen Ali for when they all get tired.
History tells us a story here. Before the heavy manners of Clive Lloyd’s West Indian attack, playing four quicker bowlers was unknown.
Even the convention of opening the attack with two quick bowlers was not set in stone.
The West Indies started the fashion for very pr...