One of the earliest controversies in cricket was ‘Bodyline’. The English cricket team in the 1932-33 tour of Australia bowled bouncers on the leg stump, stunning the Australian batsmen and the world of cricket. Who was the mastermind of the bodyline theory?
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Bill Woodfull
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Harold Larwood
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Douglas Jardine
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Don Bradman
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Correct answer
Explanation
Douglas Jardine, the England captain during the 1932-33 tour, was the mastermind behind the Bodyline tactic. He instructed his bowlers (primarily Harold Larwood) to bowl short-pitched deliveries aimed at the leg stump to restrict Don Bradman's scoring. While Larwood executed the plan, Jardine devised and implemented it.