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I was about to mention Narendra. :regular_smile: One of my mottos in life is: Never say never. Anything's possible. For instance: Who would've thought it was possible for a bowler to debut in a Test match with 2 hauls of 8 wickets ? In 1972, Bob Massie did it. He took 8/84 & 8/53 in an Ashes Test at Lord's. 16/137. Who took the other 4 ? The great Dennis Lillee. Nearly 16 years later, not only did Narendra Hirwani repeat the performance, he bettered it by ONE RUN ! He took 8/61 & 8/75. 16/136. Incredibly, Massie just 'lost his swing' and played only 5 more Tests. Cricinfo: "And though Hirwani took 20 further wickets in his next three Test appearances, his fortunes changed when he left the spin-friendly surfaces of India. The magic never quite returned, and the arrival of Anil Kumble sentenced him largely to domestic cricket."

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