The Spin | England’s top order quacking and creaking into history of the duck

Getting out without scoring any runs is an an occupational hazard for a batter and there is no escaping the ignominyCricket is both cosy and cruel. On the surface it can appear all polite applause (“clap the new batsman in, chaps”) and taking tea in flannel whites – but it has failure running through its bucolic green pastures like a diseased river. In almost every game from village green to Test arena there will come a moment when a player desires nothing more than for the gro