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How Brian Statham went from complete unknown to England bowler in under a year
"A self-assured young man, but ever ready to listen and learn"
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"A self-assured young man, but ever ready to listen and learn"
"You're an absolute f****** disgrace"
"I had a psyche for revenge"
Wasim Akram's own unique way of practising reverse swing
"Terribly sorry, but you seem to be playing with 12!"
"Wasim has called him 'the best death bowler I have ever seen'"
"Not since the early 1930s had Lancashire cricket stood on such a pinnacle"
"Get him out there!"
"You could have 2,000 or 3,000 people in the 20,000-seat stadium"
"They could lead men and treated them as adults rather than vassals"