spinner
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Last week, Shoaib Bashir was named as the only specialist red-ball spinner on England's list of fully centrally contracted players, while Mason Crane and Liam Patterson-White were given development deals.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
One thing in Markram's favour is he has now faced 313 balls from Australia's premier spinner Nathan Lyon in Tests and is yet to be dismissed.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Off-spinner Shoaib Bashir keeps his deal and is the only specialist red-ball spinner on the list.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
That neither pressed on – Duckett was bowled for 67 and Banton stumped for 73, both to left-arm spinner Dinuth Wellalage – was disappointing.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
But before I could respond to it, the spinner ground his metal heel into the stone, and sparks flew into the air.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
"I acknowledge there's a raft of spinners just below that, that at times are putting their hand up," said Fleming.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
On a Durban pitch expected to turn, South Africa have included two spinners – Keshav Maharaj and Simon Harmer - in their XI.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
As professional spinners of reputation and reshapers of meaning, marketers have long created newfangled jobs or pithy descriptions to slot their work into the zeitgeist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
That always appeared a match-winning total on a surface offering bounce for the pace bowlers and turn for the spinners.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
He noted tools that disappeared, and that the enslaved sheep shearers and spinners who were only supposed to take small amounts of “dirty wool” for themselves were keeping large amounts.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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