wpdavid
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There may well be, hence my preference for that line-up on Wednesday and my comments about mid90's SA.I only looked at wins. Im sure there were plenty of other occasions in losses and draws.
I wouldnt be supised if in the mid-late 90s England went with no spinner more often than not.
Now if Ive listed most of them and they happen to be mainly wins, then maybe there is a lesson there.
However, I don't think it happened very often even in the mid/late 1990's. And I'd be absolutely astonished if it happened 'more often than not'. When I skimmed through some fixtures & series that were relatively likely not to have featured a spinner, there was always a Croft, Illingworth, Emburey, Tufnell or Salisbury lurking in the background. Not that they did a lot, which supports the point you're making, but one of them usually played.
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