In this quiz, you have to answer ten questions on cricketers who wore glasses.
South Africa had thrashed Australia 4-0 in their last Test series before their exile, at home in 1969/70. Dennis Gamsy debuted in the first of these, at Cape Town, and played in the second, at Durban. Then he made way for the brilliant Denis Lindsay, who returned to the side. Gamsy finished his Test career with 39 runs and five dismissals in two Tests.
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Originally from Lithuania, the Gamsy family originally changed the family name from Gamscavatuus in South Africa. His obvious talent was identified in his teens when he effected nine dismissals on first-class debut. That he made it to a Test XI of that quality was remarkable, for Gamsy kept wicket to Mike Procter and Peter Pollock – fast bowlers of genuine pace – while wearing glasses.
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Gamsy is far from being the first or the last Test cricketer to play at the highest level in glasses. Take your quiz to test your knowledge on bespectacled cricketers.
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