He must have been something
cricinfo yesteryear tribute
"Birth of one of England's greatest spinners. Jim Laker's signature moment was those 19 wickets against Australia at Old Trafford in 1956
- the greatest innings and match figures in Test history (the latter is a first-class record too). Australia can't say they weren't warned:
Laker took all ten against them for Surrey in a tour match earlier that summer. A modest and revered character, he took 46 wickets at 9.60 each in the five Ashes Tests of 1956. And in a Test trial at Bradford in 1950, Laker returned the staggering figures of 14-12-2-8 - and one of
those runs was a gentle one off the mark for his Surrey team-mate Eric Bedser. The Rest of England were bowled out for 27. Laker later became a BBC commentator before dying in Putney in 1986."
cricinfo yesteryear tribute
"Birth of one of England's greatest spinners. Jim Laker's signature moment was those 19 wickets against Australia at Old Trafford in 1956
- the greatest innings and match figures in Test history (the latter is a first-class record too). Australia can't say they weren't warned:
Laker took all ten against them for Surrey in a tour match earlier that summer. A modest and revered character, he took 46 wickets at 9.60 each in the five Ashes Tests of 1956. And in a Test trial at Bradford in 1950, Laker returned the staggering figures of 14-12-2-8 - and one of
those runs was a gentle one off the mark for his Surrey team-mate Eric Bedser. The Rest of England were bowled out for 27. Laker later became a BBC commentator before dying in Putney in 1986."
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