Last man standing
Peter Lalor, writing in the Australian , looks at the offspinner Nathan Hauritz, the Steven Bradbury of Australian cricket.
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
Peter Lalor, writing in the Australian, looks at the offspinner Nathan Hauritz, the Steven Bradbury of Australian cricket.
In 2004, he was twiddling his thumbs in the Australian tour party when Shane Warne broke a thumb and Stuart MacGill was too far away to make it for the Mumbai Test. Hauritz was ushered in for an unexpected debut.
When Warne resigned, Hauritz had only distant memories of the ball that got Sachin Tendulkar sweeping and the other that got VVS Laxman caught and bowled, not to mention the wicket of spinning guru Anil Kumble in his first over under a baggy green. The 27-year-old was a long, long way behind the pack of successors when selectors looked for a replacement.
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Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo