Douglas Jardine
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Born on 23rd of October 1900
Died on 18th of June 1958

Born 1900 - Bombay, India. Died 1958 - English cricketer.

Picked for Test team that toured Australia in 1927-28. Returned later as Captain during the controversial bodyline series where he asked Harold Larwood to bowl extremely fast at the batsman’s body. Caused severe injury to Australian batsmen.

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