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WATCH: Deadly Derek Underwood feature

Derek Underwood: played 86 Tests for England
Image: Derek Underwood: played 86 Tests for England

Few Oval Tests have been as extraordinary as that of 1968.

England needed to win it to win an Ashes series and with the clock ticking towards stumps on the final day, everything depended on the genius of a man who the records say is England's greatest ever spinner.

With 297 Test wickets to his name, Underwood was the most feared bowler of his generation.

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