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A Barnestorming Performance

watson

watson

Banned
I've always wondered whether the South Africans bothered to use matting over their wickets again after Barnes' 49 wickets, and a 4-0 loss. One would hope not.

Also, it's one of cricket's great frustrations that there is no significant footage of Barnes bowling so we can all get a proper idea of what he really bowled. Why no idiot thought to shoot 10 minutes of him in close-up action with some 17mm film, and then stick it somewhere safe, beats me.
 
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The Battlers Prince

The Battlers Prince

International Vice-Captain
wonderful write up, and great cricketer Barnes was, funny that he was a different kind of new ball bowler to what we've become accustomed to now. Even postWW2 its more a rarity to see anyone but a full pace bowler get the new ball. Not express necessarily but nothing like Barnes.
 
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