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Original Title:	Mystery Spinner The Story of Jack Iverson
ISBN:	1854107143 (ISBN13: 9781854107145)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Gideon Haigh, Jack Iverson
Literary Awards:	Cricket Society/MCC Book of the Year (2000)

Mystery Spinner The Story of Jack Iverson Hardcover | Pages: 376 pages

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Title	:	Mystery Spinner The Story of Jack Iverson
Author	:	Gideon Haigh
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 376 pages
Published	:	January 1st 2000 by Aurum Press Ltd
Categories	:	Sports. Biography. History. Cultural. Australia

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It is no mystery that today the name of Jack Iverson is virtually unknown. For most of his life he was an unexceptional estate agent in Australia. He died in obscurity, by his own hand, at the age of only 58. He was a clumsy fielder, and a hopeless batsman. But for four years he was the best spin bowler in the world. The story of Jack Iverson is one of the most remarkable in the history of cricket.

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Would a cricketer like Jack Iverson ever make it to the world stage today? Most definitely not! But in the late 1940s Iverson's most unusual delivery, with his middle finger tucked behind the ball, catapulted him to national fame in Australia and then to the Test team against England in 1950/51.This book charts his rise, and his stay at the top was extremely brief, with lots of non-cricketing material as background. His exploits in the Test arena, while documented, perhaps do not come across as

This book is about Jack Iverson, an Australian spin bowler who appeared, quite literally out of nowhere, played cricket for 4 years (from the age of 31), earned himself the 10th best bowling figures that have ever been produced in test cricket, only to disappear just as fast because of an injury to his ankle, his spinning finger, and his confidence.As I said, this is a biography, but it's a slightly weird biography. Iverson was never a "coming man" who people would tag for greatness (the author

I first found out about Jack Iverson in Bradman's book The Art of Cricket, leading me to play around with the grip for a bit. But there's so much more to Jack Iverson than just the grip, and Haigh manages to take us on a tour of his life that encompasses so much more than just the usual cricketing biography. He explores the development of leg spin in the game, and also the obsession with 'mystery' spinners through the cricketing ages, to put Jack Iverson in his proper context and show us just



A book that creates a legend of a little known cricketer deserves all the praise one can direct at it. A superbly researched effort from Haigh.

Gideon Clifford Jeffrey Davidson Haigh (born 29 December 1965) is an English-born Australian journalist, who writes about sport (especially cricket) and business. He was born in London, raised in Geelong, and now lives in Melbourne.Haigh began his career as a journalist, writing on business for The Age newspaper from 1984 to 1992 and for The Australian from 1993 to 1995. He has since contributed

This book is about Jack Iverson, an Australian spin bowler who appeared, quite literally out of nowhere, played cricket for 4 years (from the age of 31), earned himself the 10th best bowling figures that have ever been produced in test cricket, only to disappear just as fast because of an injury to his ankle, his spinning finger, and his confidence.As I said, this is a biography, but it's a slightly weird biography. Iverson was never a "coming man" who people would tag for greatness (the author