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South Africa’s googly bowlers helped them clinch some Test matches against England, but that had been in the 1900s, when the craft was still a new thing. They had to wait until 1935 to win a Test in England for the first time. This time, too, the star was a leg-spinner – Xen Balaskas, of Greek origin.

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Balaskas’ nine Tests fetched him only 22 wickets, but that included 5-49 and 4- at Lord’s in 1935. While undoubtedly an excellent spell, he was aided by an invasion by leatherjackets (crane flies) that left the pitch bone dry, and the fact that South Africa won the toss. It was perhaps the most significant impact caused by insects in a Test match.

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Despite sharing its name with an insect, cricket’s etymology has nothing to do with entomology. Take our quiz to test your knowledge on the sports’s myriad encounters with insects.

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