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The man who wouldn’t say no

In the first phase of his ODI career, Anil Kumble was next to impossible to attack
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It is said that the memory span of the average Indian fan is one week, perhaps less. In Anil Kumble’s case, that may not be such a bad thing. The last ball he bowled in one-day cricket was a quintessential Kumble rocket. Bermuda’s Malachi Jones stood stupefied - and better batsmen have suffered similarly - as the ball pitched in line, hurried inexorably on, and crashed into pad, trapping him plumb in front.
That’s the kind of ball Kumble should be remembered by.
Kumble, who announced his retirement from the one-day game today, has not been India’s first choice spinner for a while now. But the last few years of his career should not obscure the fact that he was once a one-day bowler who […]

Original post by Nishi Narayanan and software by Elliott Back

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