8 Greatest leg spinners of all time

8 Greatest leg spinners of all time: Leg spinners are the most vulnerable species to the assault of the bat. The reason? Unless a leg spinner feeds the batsman a good feast of runs, he cannot get his victim caught in the trap of googlies and flippers. Perhaps that is the reason why most of the leg-spinners never have good figures, either ways! And yet, there have been some leg-break bowlers who stormed the fields, spun the balls and won the hearts. Here we bring to you eight of those men who enriched the magic of leg-spin and went on to become legends.

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1. Clarrie Grimmett, Australia

Very little known to today’s cricket enthusiasts, Clarence Victor Grimmet was one of the pioneers of leg-break bowling and the inventor of ‘flipper’. Grimmet generally practiced with a single wicket in his backyard to which he bowled thousands of balls for hours. And since he couldn’t afford a ball-boy, he trained his dog to fetch back the delivered balls! Grimmett began his test career very late – in his thirties and took an average six wickets per match! Grimmett, often called a ‘miser bowler’, never conceded much runs.

He had a peculiar way of playing which aimed at the test of endurance than anything else. He never delivered a ball with flight to the batsmen who were good with their feet movements. But he would take care that the ball had enough flight if the batsman was flat-footed. He did this without getting tired and bowled for days just to test the patience of the batsman. In just 37 Test matches, he grabbed 216 wickets, yes I repeat 216 wickets at an average of 24.21! Clarrie Grimmett, who is considered the final word in leg-break bowling was born in New Zealand on December 25, 1891 but played for the Australian side and was described by Bill O’reilly as, “New Zealand’s best Christmas gift to Australia!”

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