Jon Lewis, England - Player profile

Every May, Jon Lewis takes about 50 wickets and everyone wonders why he isn't playing for England. As the year wears on, he takes fewer and fewer wickets, but still performs respectably.

By the end of the year, England have pretty much convinced themselves that Jon Lewis is a bowler who can only thrive in English early-season conditions, but he's done so well that he inevitably goes on one of the England tours.

Secretly, the England selectors hope that Jon Lewis is a crushing failure in alien conditions, so that they can forget about him for good.

Jon Lewis promptly takes bucketloads of wickets.

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