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Quote by Herbert Sutcliffe
I had never played finer fast bowling.
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The speaker praises the quality of the fast bowling, saying it was better than any they had previously played against or experienced. “Finer” means more skillful or impressive here, so the sentence expresses strong admiration for the bowling.
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- Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack obituary, via ESPNcricinfo
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