By Nigel Gardner
MATT CRITCHLEY’S passage to India helped pave the way to Derbyshire opening the County Championship season with a victory.
The 22-year-old leg-spinning all-rounder spent six weeks in Mumbai earlier this year when he worked with the Indian legend Anil Kumble.
Critchley’s one-on-one session with Kumble brought an early reward when his two wickets in consecutive balls before lunch on day four turned the game in Derbyshire’s favour.
“We spoke quite a bit about using my height on flatter pitches because in England it doesn’t spin all ...