India spinner's world-record spell of 21.5 consecutive overs without conceding a run is still celebrated 50 years after it 'inflicted sore wounds on the game' Fred Fane was surprised to find he had died but there it was in print in the 1956 Wisden, a 350-word eulogy about life and times playing for England and Essex. Five years later, when Fane really did die, they only gave him 230, and a good chunk were by way of explanation: "Owing to a similarity of initials, Wisden reported his death when h...
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The Guardian - 21 Jan 2020 22:00
India spinner's world-record spell of 21.5 consecutive overs without conceding a run is still celebrated 50 years after it 'inflicted sore wounds on the game' Fred Fane was surprised to find he had died but there it was in print in the 1956 Wisden, a 350-word eulogy about life and times playing for England and Essex. Five years later, when Fane really did die, they only gave him 230, and a good chunk were by way of explanation: "Owing to a similarity of initials, Wisden reported his death when h...
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