A rare English legspinner

A few yards in front of the England bowling coach at Ferozeshah Kotla’s practice nets, Scott Borthwick walked in purposefully towards the popping crease. The ball pitched outside the leg-stump, tore acutely across the willow, tied a bewildered Kevin Pietersen into ugly knots and had Ahmed spitting with praise and laughter. “Perfection Scotty, perfection,” the bubbly ‘Mr Mushy’ exclaimed, before adding, “Turned that one like the legend himself.”