Mystery Spinner Text Classics

• The biography of perhaps the most original and the most elusive character in Australian sporting history, by renowned cricket writer Gideon Haigh. • Jack Iverson took up cricket in 1946, at 31, walking into a cricket club just to have a go. Just four years later he was the best spin bowler in the world. • Iverson developed his own kind of grip on the ball, adapted from wartime games played with ping pong balls, that imparted a huge amount of spin. • Iverson quit while he was at the top of his game, and went on to live an ordinary suburban life until his death in tragic circumstances, believing he and his brief flare of brilliance had been forgotten. Mystery Spinner is Gideon Haigh's masterful attempt at unravelling the mystery surrounding this man's life. • Published during the Test cricket season, this Text Classics edition will be introduced by former deputy Sports Editor for Guardian Australia, Russell Jackson.