The Spin | ‘I wanted the ball to be hit at me’: life in cricket’s most dangerous fielding position

James Taylor recalls the ‘moments of pure elation’ and twisted intimacy of being under the batter’s nose at short leg Out in Arizona, just south of Tucson. Where tumbleweeds tumble in search of a home. There’s a town they call Tombstone where the brave never cry … On the…

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