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When Andy Caddick took four Test wickets for England in a single over – The Guardian

Twenty years ago the bowler switched ends at Headingley and ripped out four wickets for only the sixth time in Test history

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Before Englands second match against Pakistan 4,938,971 deliveries had been bowled in the history of Test cricket, equivalent to 823,161 (and a bit) six-ball overs, and of those only six have featured four wickets. About a quarter of one percent of the 2,392 Tests to have been played have had a four-wicket over, falling to only a tenth of a percent of the 912 Tests played since the turn of this century. Weirdly, three of those six four-wicket overs were bowled at Headingley, where Test bowlers a…

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