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Published Feb 22 2012 by Sport: Sportblog | guardian.co.uk

The Spin | In praise of cricket's finishers | Rob Smyth

The job of the ice-veined finisher is the hardest of all, which is why they will always be the most interesting one-day characters

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...wrote he had a "calculator for a brain and a tweezer for a bat" . In one sense Dhoni...

The Spin | In praise of cricket's finishers | Rob Smyth [Sport: Sportblog | guardian.co.uk - Feb 22 2012]

...to say that "Michael Bevan was a brilliant finisher. But Dhoni is the best ever IMO"

The Spin | In praise of cricket's finishers | Rob Smyth [Sport: Sportblog | guardian.co.uk - Feb 22 2012]

...score (78). "I felt it was my job as a No6 batsman to be there at the end when we were either chasing runs or setting totals" said Bevan in this...

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