English cricket and the doosra: "Things don't have to be a mystery"

NICK FRIEND: When England last toured Pakistan for a Test series 17 years ago, Alex Loudon was part of the squad, a batting allrounder fast-tracked on account of a fledgling doosra, a delivery never properly embraced by English cricket

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