In this quiz, you have to answer ten questions on ambidextrous cricketers.
There have been ambidextrous cricketers in the past. Leonard Shuter, brother of Test cricketer John bowled only 164 balls across 38 wickets and got a solitary wicket, but he did bowl both right-arm fast and left-arm finger-spin.
Clem Wilson was a superior bowler. From 52 matches, he got 125 wickets at 18.69. The Wisden Almanack mentioned that he “bowled medium pace and possessed the exceptional craft of being able to use with effect either arm”. However, he did not bowl in his only two Test matches.
Quiz! How well do you know these left-arm wrist-spinners?
Against Sussex at Hove in 1980, Charles Rowe of Kent struck with his off-breaks and again with his first ball with left-arm wrist-spin. He is perhaps the only (these changes are often not tracked) to take at least one wicket with either arms in the same innings in first-class cricket.
The 2010s, especially T20 cricket, witnessed the rise of a new generation of ambidextrous bowlers. Shaila Sharmin, for example, bowled with both arms at the 2014 Women’s T20 World Cup. Jemma Barsby tried to confuse Ellyse Perry at the 2016 WBBL by switching hands mid-over. And so on.
Quiz! How well do you know these left-arm spinners?
What about batters? Reverse sweeps and switch hits kept appearing in professional cricket from time to time, but there have been very few instances of a batter actually switching stance before the bowler’s run-up. When they do that, they draw as much attention as the bowlers.
Take our quiz to test your knowledge on these ambidextrous cricketers.
Quiz! How well do you know these ambidextrous cricketers?
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