Parnell starts to purr
Briefly glimpsed in Australia sending down a handful of overs, the lanky left-armer belongs to the old school of swing bowling. Those scanning the card might imagine he produced an unplayable succession of deliveries that behaved along the lines of an escaping mosquito. In fact, he merely followed in the footsteps of the fine curl and cut bowlers of the past ...
Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo