10 greatest left handed bowlers in the history of cricket

#9 Hedley Verity (England)

Born May 18, 1905, Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Died July 31, 1943, Caserta, Italy (aged 38 years 74 days)Bowling Statistics:

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Tests	40	73	11173	3510	144	8/43	15/104	24.37	1.88	77.5	9	5	2
First-class	378		84219	29145	1956	10/10		14.90	2.07	43.0		164	54

Hedley Verity played in 40 Test matches, taking 144 wickets at 24.37 runs each. He took 100 wickets in Test cricket in a shorter period than any other English bowler.

Verity is the only cricketer who has taken 14 wickets in a day in a Test match, against Australia at Lord's in the second Test, 1934. His bowling style can only be described as slow medium. He was also capable of sending down a mean in-swinging yorker to surprise the batsman.

Verity also troubled the great Sir Don Bradman. Sir Don was quoted as saying: “I think I know all about Clarrie (Grimmett), but with Hedley I am never sure. You see, there's no breaking point with him.”

Along with being a top class cricketer, Verity was also an exceptional soldier for his country in Worl War II. As captain of The Green Howards, he died of wounds as a prisoner of war in Italy on July 31, 1943.