Who Is Harold Larwood: In the history of cricket, many such dangerous fast bowlers have been seen, in front of whom the batsmen were afraid even to come. Among them are players like Shoaib Akhtar, Dale Steyn, Brett Lee and Wasim Akram, who made a name for themselves in the world with their lethal bowling. However, in the history of cricket, there has been one such fast bowler, whom the world called a murderer. We are talking about former England fast bowler Harold Larwood, who was considered among the most dangerous bowlers in the world during his time. Harold Larwood injured many batsmen during his cricket career, due to which the batsmen were afraid to face him.

Australian batsmen were injured

Harold Larwood came into limelight in his career during the ‘Bodyline Ashes Series’ in the year 1932-33. In this series, Australian batsmen were not able to stand against his lethal bowling. He injured Australian captain Will Woodfull and wicketkeeper Bert Oldfield in the Ashes series. Due to this, his image was created as a villain in Australia. An incident to this is also very popular.

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When the child called Larwood a murderer!

Actually, Harold Larwood played the Bodyline Test against Australia in Adelaide. After this he went to a theater in Adelaide. There he heard a child saying to his mother, ‘Mummy, he doesn’t look like a murderer.’ Later he himself revealed this incident.

Harold Larwood’s career

Talking about his career, Harold Larwood played a total of 21 test matches for England, in which he took 78 wickets. At the same time, in first class cricket, he took 1,427 wickets in 361 matches. Apart from this, he also has 7,290 runs in his name in first class.
Larwood took the maximum of 33 wickets in the Ashes series played in Australia in the year 1932-33. He bowled on the bodyline against the Australian batsmen in this series. England captain Douglas Jardine had asked Larwood and other English bowlers to attack the bodies of the Australian batsmen. Because of this this series is known as Ashes Bodyline Series.

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