Mickey Arthur
Jun 18 2009, Sreelata Yellamrazu

The ICC World Twenty20 has been as much about the spinners as about the innovations in batting styles.
After Kevin Pietersen created controversy over the switch hit, Tillekeratne Dilshan has invented a shot not dissimilar to Douglas...

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