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The answer was… Matthew Hoggard. He won the Blast with @leicsccc.bsky.social in 2011. ✅ for @johnnield2.bsky.social and @leighhahn.bsky.social And that concludes this week’s How Stat. If you’ve enjoyed it, please check out our pod and give us a like/review. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

The final Blast winning How’s Stat this week is as follows: In 67 test matches he bagged 248 wickets at 30.50 and caressed 473 runs at 7.27. He won the Blast with @leicsccc.bsky.social Who is it? #cricket 🏏

The answer was… Chris Woakes. He won the Blast with Warwickshire in 2014. ✅ for @johnnield2.bsky.social and @stevequill.bsky.social

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Here’s today’s Blast winning How’s Stat: In his 62 tests he’s scored 2,034 runs at 25.11 and has taken 192 wickets at 29.61. He won the Blast with Warwickshire. Who is it? 🏏 #cricket

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The player was… Saqlain Mushtaq Shout out to @leighhahn.bsky.social for the ✅ He won the Blast in 2003 (its inaugural year)

Today’s Blast winning How’s Stat is… He hit 927 test runs at 14.48 and took 208 wickets at 29.83. In ODIs he bagged 288 poles at 21.78. He won it with Surrey. Who is it? #cricket 🏏

The answer was… Ben Duckett. He won the Blast in 2020 ✅ for @missedmycue.bsky.social and @johnnield2.bsky.social 👏

Today’s How’s Stat is another Blast winner, this time with @trentbridge.co.uk. 🏏 Who is this? In 38 tests he’s scored 2,872 runs at 42.86 at a strike rate of 86.14. Two first-class wickets to his name at 49.50. Guess away! 🧐 #cricket

The answer was… Lasith Malinga Shout out to @orphil73.bsky.social for the ✅. He won the blast in 2007 with Kent. 🏏

📢 How’s Stat Daily is back, baby! 📢 As we’ve just had finals day in the Blast, this week’s link is that they’ve all won the competition. ODI stats: 🏏567 runs at 6.83 🏏338 wickets at 28.87 He won it with Kent. Who is it? #cricket

Asa Tribe.He plays for my county

When the Aussies came 4 years later, he was in the squad along with Murray Bennett, a bespectacled left arm spinner.

There was an Aussie lad called Dirk Wellham, made his debut at the Oval in 1981, played in shades to start with!

Hallam Moseley

Clive Lloyd

Peak 2019 Ashes (3rd Test, Headingley)

Derek Pringle and Paul Allott in their younger days as players.

Zaheer Abbas; David Steele; Jack Leach; Daniel Vettori ?

Surrey's Roger Harman for me. Apart from the obvious ones (Boycott, MJK), he was the first bespectacled player I'd seen.

Bears stalwart Asif Din

Eddie Barlow wasn’t too bad

Seeing as Northants legend, SPOTY winner and England batting hero DS ‘Crime’ Steel has already been announced, may I proffer Gloucestershire hall of fame member Zaheer Abbas.

For Bears fans of a certain age - Asif Din! Or for the slightly younger Daniel Vettori

Jim. Foat.

Imam all the way. A Yorkshire legend already.

Jack Leach.

Old school, but early in his career how about Geoffrey "Sir" Boycott? And I'm sure Clive Lloyd was four eyed too (as am I).

Daniel Vettori. Legend.

The one and only David Steele

Has to be bears legendary all-rounder Paul Smith. 🐻

With all the (justified) hype about Asa Tribe, the Jersey wonder-batter, we’d love to know who is your favourite bespectacled cricketer is? 👓 🇯🇪 Pictures always welcome! 🙏

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Artistry

Dwayne Bravo?

Brian. Charles. Rose.

Find out more about how @thenexttest.org is linking cricket and sustainability from Chris, as he takes on the How’s Stat Challenge. 🌎 🦋🏏

Brian. Charles. Lara.

As a Lancashire boy, this duo Foxy and Wasim

Part of the one-cap wonder club too 🧢

As a Somerset member, I could eadily have gone for Trescothick or Leach, but I'm nominating Ian Blackwell who gave us so much fun in the early 2000s. While he was still batting, you always had a chance.

Graeme Pollock. Power combined with timing.

David Gower. Grace and elegance personified

I would have loved to have seen the nuggety Thorpe bat with the graceful Sangakkara for a couple of hours on a sunny afternoon.