Ian Salisbury
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Ian David Kenneth Salisbury (born 21 January 1970)[1] is an English former cricketer, one of the few leg-spinners to play Test cricket for England in recent years. Salisbury played in fifteen Tests and four One Day Internationals between 1992 and 2000. He played first-class cricket for Sussex, Surrey and Warwickshire in a career stretching from 1989 to 2008.[1]
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Full name | Ian David Kenneth Salisbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1970-01-21) 21 January 1970 (age 54) Northampton, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 9 August 2005 |
The cricket writer, Colin Bateman, commented, "the selection of Ian Salisbury against Pakistan in 1992 made cricket romantics rejoice. When he played at Lord's he became the first specialist leg-spinner selected for England since Robin Hobbs in 1971".[2] The reality was that in his subsequent Test career, Salisbury's tally of twenty wickets cost almost 77 runs apiece.[1]