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January 30, 2013 Extras

Alan Mullally to Craig McMillan – dot ball

Welcome to the third and final part of Cricket’s Greatest Dot Balls. We hope it’s been worth the wait as we now revisit perhaps the greatest dot ball of them all. The backdrop It was the fourth Test of the 1999 Test series between England and New Zealand, a momentous

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January 29, 2013 Extras

Ronnie Irani to Matthew Bell – dot ball

Hello and welcome to part two of our three-part feature, Cricket’s Greatest Dot Balls. The backdrop It was the fourth Test of the 1999 Test series between England and New Zealand, a match in which Ed Giddins was making his Test debut. England had yet to make a breakthrough in

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January 28, 2013 Extras

Ed Giddins to Matt Horne – dot ball

Welcome to our new, three-part series, Cricket’s Greatest Dot Balls. We hope you like it. The backdrop It was the fourth Test of the 1999 Test series between England and New Zealand. Ed Giddins was making his Test debut and no-one knew quite how significant that was going to prove.

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