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    Sir Alec Victor Bedser CBE (4 July 1918 – 4 April 2010) was an English professional cricketer, primarily a medium-fast bowler. He is widely regarded as...
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    Bedser (4 July 1918 – 24 May 2006) was a cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club. He was the elder identical twin brother of Alec Bedser (1918–2010)...
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  • Bedser is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Sir Alec Bedser (1918–2010), Surrey and England cricketer, twin brother of Eric...
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  • Alec Bedser (20 May 1948 – 5 June 1981) was a South African cricketer. He played in one List A and three first-class matches for Border in 1971/72. He...
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  • October 2010. "Bishan Bedi". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 October 2010. "Alec Bedser". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 15 March 2023. "Richie Benaud". Cricinfo...
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  • filmed at Lord's, had to be cancelled. He said in his autobiography that Alec Bedser, the chairman of selectors, told him he had been dropped because they...
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    an average double that of any other batsman, English or Australian. Alec Bedser took 30 wickets (16.06) and began his dominance of Australian batsmen...
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    is able to "stand up", for instance Godfrey Evans often stood up to Alec Bedser. Like the other players on a cricket team the keepers will bat during...
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  • American soccer player Alec Bathgate, New Zealand musician Alec Bedser (1918–2010), English professional cricketer Alec Bedser (South African cricketer)...
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  • match starting on Saturday, 17 March. Statham bowled first change after Alec Bedser and Trevor Bailey had shared the new ball. His first Test wicket was...
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    Tendulkar 5. Garry Sobers 6. Don Tallon 7. Ray Lindwall (wk) 8. Dennis Lillee 9. Alec Bedser 10. Bill O'Reilly 11. Clarrie Grimmett 12. Wally Hammond (12th)...
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  •  Australia 892 Keith Miller  Australia 465 1953 Len Hutton  England 926 Alec Bedser  England 897 Keith Miller  Australia 464 1952 Len Hutton  England 917...
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    hour."[citation needed] The most prominent users of leg cutter include Alec Bedser, Fazal Mahmood and of late Terry Alderman, Carl Rackemann and Venkatesh...
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     West Indies 1951 Keith Miller  Australia 1952 Len Hutton  England 1953 Alec Bedser 1954 Clyde Walcott  West Indies 1955 Frank Tyson  England 1956 Jim Laker...
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    the young Trueman". England, for whom Trueman opened the bowling with Alec Bedser, won the match in four days by 7 wickets. After taking three for 89 in...
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  • did not need another spinner) and made him concentrate on his batting. Alec Bedser predicted that Barrington was a future Test player and Sandham later...
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  • Constantine Bill Edrich Walter Keeton Brian Sellers Doug Wright 1947 Alec Bedser Laurie Fishlock Vinoo Mankad Peter Smith Cyril Washbrook 1948 Martin...
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  • with "Kitch", "Food from the West Indies", "Tie Tongue Mopsy", and "Alec Bedser Calypso", while remaining popular in Trinidad and Tobago. His prominence...
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  • two matches drawn, their success largely due to the impact of debutant Alec Bedser who took 22 wickets in his first two Tests. The Second World War in Europe...
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    Shoaib Akhtar (16) Chaminda Vaas (16) Bob Willis (16) Trent Boult (16) Alec Bedser (15) Josh Hazlewood (15) Mitchell Johnson (15) Danish Kaneria (15) Craig...
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    end of the Bedser Bridge over the Basingstoke Canal, there are statues of cricketing brothers, Sir Alec and Eric Bedser by Allan Sly. Sir Alec is shown...
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    Shoaib Akhtar (16) Chaminda Vaas (16) Bob Willis (16) Trent Boult (16) Alec Bedser (15) Josh Hazlewood (15) Mitchell Johnson (15) Danish Kaneria (15) Craig...
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    success was built on a remarkably strong bowling attack, with Test seamer Alec Bedser supported by the outstanding spin duo of Tony Lock and Jim Laker, the...
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    wicket-takers are James Anderson (73 wickets), Stuart Broad (46 wickets) and Alec Bedser (41 wickets). In 2016, England broke the record for highest One Day International...
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    Derek Birley notes that many of these bowlers imitated the methods of Alec Bedser, an inswing bowler who was successful immediately after the war, but...
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    a rest. As a result, he usually rested Len Hutton, Denis Compton and Alec Bedser and allowed the junior players to have some time at the crease. Northam...
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  • Oldfield". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2015. "Player profile: Alec Bedser". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2015. "Player profile: Jack Ikin"...
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    overtake the record of 236 Test wickets set by the assistant-manager Alec Bedser. Benaud was another contender with 219 wickets, but it was Statham who...
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    notable players themselves, including Len Hutton, Denis Compton and Alec Bedser. Nevertheless, the final result was a 4–0 series win for Australia, with...
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    that we had players in England who could have won the series for us. Alec Bedser In selecting their team for Australia the MCC selectors (Sir Pelham Warner...
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