The Spin | England’s troubles with spinners is leaving a generation behind
Dom Bess is one of many in a long line of England spinners to struggle for a sustained run in Test cricket.
Why is there no lasting solution? It is the eighth over of South Africa’s first innings in Gqeberha in January 2020 when Joe Root tosses the ball to 22-year-old Dom Bess.
Three overs later, the decision pays off.
With the final ball before drinks, Bess takes a return catch to dismiss Pieter Malan.
In the final over before the close, he has Zubayr Hamza caught at short leg.
The next morning, Bess removes Dean Elgar, Faf du Plessis and Rassie van der Dussen to become the first English spinner to take the first five wickets of an innings since Derek Underwood in 1975.
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