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Peter Mark Such (born 12 June 1964) is an English cricketer, cricket coach, and match referee.An off-spinner, Such was brought into the Test arena in 1993 as a replacement for John Emburey but, despite taking 6 for 67 on debut and being the highest wicket taker for England in the series [1] only played an initial eight Tests before having to wait five years before his next appearance.
England's bowlers made light of the West Indies vaunted batting line-up, with Fraser especially bringing some steel and determination to the attack. His 8–75 was testament to his perseverance, and was the best innings analysis by an England bowler since Bob Willis's destruction of the Australians at Headingley in 1981.
His Surrey "spin twin" was Tony Lock, a slow left arm bowler with a dangerous faster ball. He took only 15 wickets (22.46) wickets against Australia in 1956, but 34 wickets (7.47) against New Zealand in 1958.
George Tribe was a rare specialist slow left-arm wrist-spin bowler who took more first class wickets than any other Australian bowler in 1945–46 and 1946–47. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] He suffered from uneven form, taking 6/49 for Victoria vs the MCC, but costly in the Tests.
The pitch at Old Trafford traditionally favours spin bowling, and England picked two spin bowlers: Phil Tufnell and debutant Peter Such.In contrast, Australia picked three fast bowlers, with the inexperienced Warne as the only spinner.
Another Scottish spinner was Peter Such, who took 849 first-class wickets and made 11 test appearances for England. In a 1999 test against New Zealand, Such broke the world-record for the longest duck, surviving 51 balls and allowing England to add 31 for the ninth wicket in a scrappy draw.
They might not be Cricket World Cup contenders or even make the semifinals, but Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh all have the potential to beat many of the top teams because of their skillful ...
The 1970–71 Australians lost 2–0 to the touring England team in the 1970–71 Ashes series.Australia had not lost a home Test series since 1954–55, but had suffered a heavy 4–0 defeat in South Africa in 1969–70 which had affected their confidence.