Brian OmniScriptum Brian Statham Paperback

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John Brian "George" Statham, CBE was one of the leading English fast bowlers in 20th-century English cricket. Initially a bowler of a brisk fast-medium pace, Statham was able to remodel his action to generate enough speed to become genuinely fast. This, together with unflagging accuracy and the ability to make the ball - new or old - break back, made Statham a consistent force both for Lancashire in the County Championship and in Test cricket, where his strikepower helped give England perhaps its strongest attack of the 20th century during the 1950s and early 1960s. He overtook Alec Bedser's record of 236 Test wickets in the Fourth Test at the Adelaide Oval in 1962-63. This new record of 242 Test wickets was rapidly overtaken by his famous new-ball partner Fred Trueman two months later in New Zealand. Statham finsihed with 252 Test wickets