Keelby 2nds' veteran Jim Cowie sent down 17 overs of left-arm Chinamen in yesterday's Lincs League div three game away to Scunthorpe Town 2nds at Heslam Park.
This is the rarest style of bowling - left-arm spin, out the back of the hand, turning into the right-handed batsman.
I seem to recall South Bank/South Kelsey's Barry Potter - aka The Wizard of Spin - sending down some of these, but struggle to think of anyone else I faced who might have done for more than the odd experimental delivery.
Last night I was asked for the origins of the cricketing term Chinaman - and being a sad anorak on such matters was able to give the answer.
The term comes from the former West Indian player E E Achong, a left-arm spinner of Chinese origin, who bowled wrist spin as well as left-arm orthodox.
South Africa's Paul Adams and Australia's Brad Hogg revived the art of the Chinaman at Test level in recent times - but, of course, they've never been anywhere near the Lincs League!
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