One of the unquestionable feel-good storylines thus far in the 2012 MLB season is the unexpected pitching success of 37-year old knuckle-baller R.

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"I decided I was going to give it a go and give it my best shot and if I got a first-baller or whatever at least I tried, " the captain said.

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Bowling from around the wicket, the Yorkshireman had Cowan bottom-edging a pull onto his stumps, before Khawaja got a first-baller, failing to get forward to a ball on a good length just shaping away and edging to Prior.

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