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Article: Cricket World Cup:The swinging Duke is not all it seams The Equipment: The white ball; Graeme Wright enters the debate surroun ding the World Cup ball

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May 9, 1999
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CHANCES ARE that the American music publisher Irving Mills never saw a game of cricket in his life. But he was responsible for two lines that have a special resonance when it comes to the World Cup. "It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing."

Appropriately, the lyrics were written for Duke Ellington. Because it is the swing factor of the Duke cricket ball that has been exciting comment in the build-up to the World Cup. The white Duke, that is. The one used in the Sunday League since 1993 and used here last year in the Emirates Triangular tournament. If you believe some of the stories going round the county circuit, this Duke swings as sweetly as old Edward Kennedy Ellington ...

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