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OLLY STONE (WARWICKSHI­RE)

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Right-arm fast l Age: 24 First-class matches: 26 l Wickets: 73 Top speed: 92mph l Height: 6ft He was summoned to england’s nets in Perth and had national selector James Whitaker purring. the norfolk-born paceman can maintain speeds around the magical 90mph mark in t20 cricket. now the challenge is to sustain it for longer in red-ball cricket. He has worked on his batting and is athletic in the field. Would have been higher up the pecking order but for a freak injury in 2016: jumping for joy at the dismissal of Moeen Ali, he ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament. Warwickshi­re still signed him on a three-year deal from northants.

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