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Australia spinner Nathan Lyon on Saturday achieved a rare Test cricket feat. In the 1st Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, Lyon dismissed Dinesh Chandimal twice in the same session on Day 4. At 10:13 AM local time, Lyon trapped Chandimal LBW, and after Australia enforced the follow-on, he got the better of him again at 12:03 PM. Responding to Australia's 654/6 declared, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 165 with Chandimal (72) top-scoring for the hosts. Australia eventually won the game by an innings and 242 runs.

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England Spin Great Derek Underwood Dead At 78

Derek Underwood, the most successful spin bowler in England's Test cricket history, has died at the age of 78, his former county Kent announced Monday. Underwood took 297 wickets in 86 Tests with his distinctive brand of brisk left-arm spin and was noted for being particularly effective on uncovered pitches, which were in use for much of a 24-year first-class career that ran from 1963 to 1987.

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Former England Captain's Test Runs Tally Matches His Birth Date Of 8th April

Former England captain Alec Stewart turned 59 today. The wicket-keeper batter was born on April, 1963 and made his England debut in the year 1989 in a one-day international against Sri Lanka in Delhi. He would go on to play his first Test match in 1990. Stewart was one of England's most dependable batters of the 1990s, and was also part of the team that reached the final of the 1992 World Cup.

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