چرخش | چگونه Lumpy Stevens و دو میخانه منجر به ایجاد کنده میانی کریکت شدند

The Spin | How Lumpy Stevens and two pubs led to the creation of cricket’s middle stump

A Surrey club match in 1776 near the Thames was the scene for the first time cricket employed its holy trinity Cricket has had a long love affair with the number three. The ethereal batter walking down the steps after the dismissal of one of the Praetorian Guard – a Don Bradman, a Meg Lanning, a (reluctant) Joe Root. The hat-trick, a bowler’s most showboating achievement – and a quick glass raised here to Henry…