Brendon Kuruppu makes his double-hundred to the utmost ecstasy of the local spectators at CCC on 19 April 1987 against NZ1873 – Birth of Sydney Barnes. With 189 Test wickets at an average of just 16.43, there’s no doubt that Barnes was one of England‘’s greatest bowlers, and arguably the greatest bowler produced anywhere. He was a powerful fast-medium bowler whose command of seam and swing made him close to unplayable. His 777-minute innings is the slowest double-hundred in first-class history, all very out of character for a man who later made his reputation as an ODI slogger. He bowled 22 no-balls and returned match figures of 22-1-135-4 – which ruined his career

Source: The Nation April 19, 2021 01:07 UTC