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
England did not pick a specialist spinner in any of the three Tests against Pakistan, instead fielding four frontline seamers.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Off-spinner Shoaib Bashir keeps his deal and is the only specialist red-ball spinner on the list.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 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
Kyle tapped the rendering of the spinner in the right-hand corner of the game plans.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
The 39-year-old had a more worn pitch to utilise than South Africa's spinners and found significantly more turn and threat.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 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
With the pitch turning, India had fielders crowded around the bat as their spinners then mopped up the tail with England skittled for 186.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
“However, we know the rats have taken many spinners prisoner. Perhaps we can free a few and persuade them to accompany us. I have often had good results with spinners.”
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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