Jean married Jack Spinner in 1956, and they lived happily and lovingly together for 49 years. Jean was an avid tennis player and golfer, a great seamstress, and a fabulous cook. In her youth ...

Phil Tufnell summed up the enigma that is Shoaib Bashir following the off-spinner’s match-winning six-wicket haul against ...

England spinner Jack Leach has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test tour of India with a knee problem. Leach injured his left knee while fielding in England's win in the first Test in ...

And even when Leach recovered last season, Bashir remained England’s No 1 spinner, which effectively ... a phone call from Ben Stokes to say that he, Jack, was not being forgotten.

Jack Leach has been ruled out of this summer’s Ashes series after suffering a stress fracture of the back in a hammer blow to England’s plans. An ECB statement said the spinner “developed ...

England spinner Jack Leach "Stokes has said 'no, you are a major part of how we are going to go about winning Test matches, I need you in the game, I need you to be able to bowl with the field up ...

Any English spinner playing at home has my sympathy. The first two Test pitches this season have not offered them much and that is typical of how it is these days. For long periods of a Test in ...

Jack Leach joined Graeme Swann as the only England spinners to take 10-for at Headingley since Derek Underwood 50 years ago; Watch England vs India live on Friday from 9.30am on Sky Sports Cricket ...

His off-breaks have impressed head coach Gareth Batty, himself a former England spinner, and he would be an explosive lower-order option with the bat. Knows the ropes with 14 Test caps and 36 ...

to the point where England will have to plan on selecting no specialist spinner at all at home this summer against India and in Australia this winter. There is always Jack Leach, steadiness ...

An ECB statement said the spinner “developed low back symptoms” during England’s 10-wicket victory over Ireland at Lord’s. Leach took three wickets in the first innings on Thursday ...