Record duo etch names alongside the greats

By Graham Otway
UNTIL this week just one huge figure had dominated the thoughts of commentators able to watch cricket behind Covid- 19’s close doors.
It was the sight of West Indian spinner Rakheem Cornwall playing in the Test matches against England with a huge belly gut that dominated his 22 stone physique and forced him to field at slip because he could not chase to field any ball.
Statistics have dominated cricket since the first Wisden Almanac was published in 1864 and next year’s edition is going to need the editing of some age-old sporting figures, rather th...

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