Du Plessis, who also bowls leg-spin, has managed to win selection for the subcontinent.

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If he were to win, he could spin the victory into a vindication against all accusations against him.

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New Zealand's win was secured by spin bowlers Daniel Vettori and Paul Wiseman, who shared nine wickets between them in the Bangladesh second innings.

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However, it was one-way traffic from there on in as Maguire compiled breaks of 65, 57, 77 and 131 to win five frames on the spin.

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The right-hander, who is an occasional spin bowler, will be hoping to win back his place in the team in time for November and December's tour of India.

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The Middlesex all-rounder could win his first cap in Sydney, a ground which traditionally helps spin bowlers.

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You might not win a silver orator award, but you can still take an awful presentation and spin it into an above average personal performance.

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However, three wickets in four balls from Deon Kruis left the innings in tatters, and when spin prodigy Adil Rashid took the sixth wicket it ensured Yorkshire would not be relegated if they win the match.

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The narrow charge was that the Downing Street spin machine (aka Alastair Campbell, Mr Blair's head of communications) had bent the intelligence reports to win over doubters on the Labour benches.

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