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The famous spin bowling coach, Terry Jenner, who passed on all secrets of the trade to Shane Warne, left this world on 25th May, 2011 in Adelaide, Australia.
Warne simplified the message of his mentor to all slow bowlers to ‘rev’ the ball tightly and have a belief that you can do wonders.
Jenner was born on September 8, 1944, at Mount Lawley, Perth and had represented Australia in nine Test matches. He made his debut on 27th November, 1970 at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woollongabba (also known as the Gabba), against arch rivals http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
The match was drawn and he claimed two wickets.
He took 24 wickets at an average of 31.20 runs per wicket in his http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 career.
He diverted his attention to spin coaching and became the master of that art and the entire cricketing world recognises his http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Services-c840 once he crafted Shane Warne, who remembers his theory of bowling as below.
"It's not so http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-Muchall-c1499 a technical thing. As a spin bowler you've got to spin the ball, that's the most important message that TJ taught me, if I want to look at a fast bowler I'll watch him bowl fast, if I want to watch a swing bowler I'll watch him swing the
ball, but if I want to watch a spin bowler I'll see him spin the ball. So that's the No.1 message to any spinner that I've always passed on”.
Jenner was a popular figure in Cricket Australia and many of his friends and fans attended his final farewell. Warne was present at the service and famous cricketers such as Rodney http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Raymond-James-Bright-c84336,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Timothy-John-Nielsen-c94043, and his daughter Trudianne were also present.
Nearly 600 people gathered at Adelaide Oval to pay gratitude to the master of spin.
Warne assured spin bowlers in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 that they can excel in their field by following the guidelines given by Jenner.
The recently retired leg-spinner, was moulded by Jenner and he ruled the world by grabbing 708 Test wickets and 293 One Day International (ODI) wickets.
He was of full praise for his mentor and presumed that the achievements he made in the cricketing fields were just because of Jenner. He complimented him in the end by commenting,
"I wouldn't have been able to do what I did for Australian cricket if it wasn't with his help".
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