First recorded in 1885–90
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Vastly experienced leg-break bowler Adil Rashid leads the spin attack, with all-rounders Liam Dawson, Will Jacks and Rehan Ahmed giving Brook a range of slow-bowling options.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
Hope was stumped off a ripping leg-break from Rashid for 20, but King was joined by Nicholas Pooran to complete a ruthless West Indies chase.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2022
A horrific double leg-break sustained against PSV Eindhoven in September 2015 proved to be the last time Shaw would play under Van Gaal.
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2021
For the Guardian cricket team, his middle-aged leg-break bowling could be a captain's last, desperate move in the over before lunch, his fielding such that in the fading light he might be buried at mid-on.
From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2013
Every time it rained the old leg-break seemed to remember itself, and what it remembered was a dull hurt.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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