Yes, apparently he impressed the Sussex captain - Arthur Gilligan I think - bowling in his quicker style in the nets, and was told to stay with it.
You and stumpski are, as ever, on the money.
Yeah always thought Tendulkar has under-used his seam TBH. He's far from the worst wristspinner or fingerspinner you'll see, and his seam as Manee says isn't exactly quick. But I've seen him look threatening with it more than once before now despite the fact you very rarely see him use it.
Greg Smith's done that for Derbyshire for several seasons now too.
Yep, he was butchered by Sana in that WC game, went for 40 in his first three, i think.
Think it was Pakistan @ Lord's in 06. I was in work in the afternoon and not watching, but I'd just found out I was having twins that morning so decided not to do anything, followed the action all afternoon on CW, still remember your post, "Colly trying his rarely used (ie poo) offies" well something like that
Yep, in 1984. Always wanted to procure some footage of that spell.
This is essentially correct - they were both seamers originally but were told by the Surrey coach that if they wanted to play in the same side one would have to change - Eric, apparently, was a decent spinner as well whereas Alec wasn't hence the switch as they weren't prepared to contemplate being separated.
Muralitharan
This is correct. He began his career prior to the war as a as a hard-hitting batsman and spin bowler. After establishing himself in the Sussex side in 1919 with over a thousand runs, his batting developed further over the next few years, while the relatively innocuous spin bowling remained as merely a second string to his bow.
