Mystery Spinner
| By: | Gideon Haigh |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd |
| Print ISBN: | 9781743315729 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781743432945 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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It is no mystery that today the name of Jack Iverson is virtually unknown. An unexceptional estate agent in Australia. He died in obscurity, by his own hand, at the age of only 58. He was a clumsy fielder, and a hopeless batsman. But for four years he was the best spin bowler in the world...
Gideon Haigh's quest for truth about this enigmatic, elusive man, who bowled Australia to an Ashes victory in the fifties with the strangest grip any spinner has ever used, and then disappeared from international cricket as suddenly as he had arrived, has been acclaimed as one of the finest books of recent times.
Mystery Spinner is a truly compelling study of how, at the highest level of sport, skill is only half the battle.