00:00Picture this, 1884, England vs Australia, a 3-day test.
00:03On day 1, Australia is absolutely demolishing England's bowling attack, finishing the day at 362 for 2.
00:10England's captain was so desperate, he used 11 different bowlers in a single day.
00:14One of them was the wicketkeeper Alfred Littleton, a man who had never taken a single first class wicket in
00:21his life.
00:21He bowled medium pace, caught hit everywhere, 11 runs, 0 wickets.
00:26But then comes day 2, and for some baffling reason, they call on Littleton again.
00:31This time though, he switches to underarm bowling.
00:34Slow, loopy, almost insulting deliveries, legal at the time, but nobody bowled them seriously anymore.
00:41And then, the impossible happened.
00:43The wicketkeeper, the man who had never taken a wicket, finished with 4 wickets for just 19 runs.
00:49His only wickets ever in first class cricket.
00:52Oh, and one more thing, while he was bowling, he handed his wicketkeeping gloves to none other than WG Grace.
00:58But he forgot to take off his pads.
01:00So there he was, bowling lobs in full keeping pads, while the greatest Littleton alive, stood behind the stumps.
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