22-05-2019 13:30 via theguardian.com

The Spin | When Lance Klusener set the standard for cricketing all-rounders

The 1999 World Cup ended in tears for Klusener and South Africa but his work with bat and ball was still astonishingFor years, cricket was a game of specialists. You were expected to be good at what you were good at, and that was it. In the last couple of decades that’s all changed, and if you’re not competent in at least two disciplines then you won’t last long.Even now, though, nobody expects you to dominate with both bat and ball. But 20 years ago, in the last World Cup to b
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