By Sam Dalling
In the wickets: Matt Critchley celebrates another scalp
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IT TOOK A FEW SUMMERS, but Matt Critchley is finally mining for gold. For two seasons, the Essex leg-spinner simply observed teammate Simon Harmer – taker of 456 red-ball wickets for the club at 22.33 each. But, following a winter at home, Critchley “looked at” himself “and thought ‘I’ve got someone who’s taken nearly 1,000 first-class wickets here – why don’t I use that?!’”
And so, with renewed confidence, Critchley ap...