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And when you're getting your hero's autograph and you can tell him that he's particularly susceptible to left-armers when the day has an "R" in it, he'll tend to react with the look of someone who's just seen Kathy Bates step out of her car with a hockey stick.
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To accompany the solid and experienced Umar Gul , they have the nippy, slingy Aizaz Cheema, plus left-armers Junaid Khan and Wahab Riaz, who can extract swing, in particular the reverse variety.
Pakistan Transformed for Test vs. England Richard Lord 2012
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The captain, Alviro Petersen, was out for a duck to the fifth ball of the innings to Kartik's slow left-armers – caught at extra cover – and Gareth Rees was trapped leg before wicket by Waller at the start of the sixth after smashing 34 from 20 balls including two sixes.
Glamorgan 98; Somerset 99-5 | Friends Life t20 match report 2011
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I can't say I know much about this fellow, I was expecting Pakistan to pick one of the left-armers, either Wahab Riaz or Junaid Khan.
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Since then he has been done nine or 10 times by left-armers from Bangladesh, South Africa and Worcestershire.
The Ashes 2010: Sublime Ian Bell dances to a century for England Mike Selvey in Hobart 2010
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Pietersen has shown signs of his best form in Australia, although the return of his fallibility against slow left-armers against Australia A in Hobart, when Steven O'Keefe dismissed him with a straight ball, is disconcerting for England and might have played a part in Australia's decision to drop the off-spinner Nathan Hauritz in favour of Tasmania's uncapped left-arm spinner Xavier Doherty.
The Ashes 2010: Warne says England made Kevin Pietersen an outcast David Hopps in Brisbane 2010
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Strauss called on his group of "slow bowlers" to be good affect, but Yardy's left-armers didn't have the same impact.
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It would be stretching to call it a continuation of Strauss' struggles against left-armers, but it was a poor stroke nonetheless.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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It would be stretching to call it a continuation of Strauss' struggles against left-armers, but it was a poor stroke nonetheless.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Maybe the tourists will pick Yuvraj Singh for the second Test, not so much for his batting as to bowl his slow left-armers at Pietersen.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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