Multiple choice general knowledge

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?

  1. Bill Woodfull

  2. Harold Larwood

  3. Douglas Jardine

  4. Don Bradman

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C 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.