Top 10 finger-spinners of all-time

#4 Derek Underwood

Derek Underwood was not your typical left-arm spinner as he generally relied on cutting the ball rather than spinnning it by traditional means. His average speed was about 8-10 kmph quicker than Anil Kumble’s faster delivery, which gives you an idea of the pace Underwood operated at, but he was extremely effective nonetheless. He was nicknamed ‘Deadly’ by his Kent team-mates due to the havoc he caused on wet pitches in particular. Although Underwood was assisted greatly by playing in the era of uncovered pitches, for him to have taken 297 wickets in 86 Tests for England suggests that he wasn’t too bad on good wickets either.