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Howzat - One of crickets most precious artefacts is up for sale.<br />
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Yours for &pound;12,000 - The cricket ball used by England paceman Bob Willis to skittle out Australia in the 'Greatest' Test match of 1981.<br />
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The fast bowler used the Dukes ball to get eight Australian wickets for only 43 runs after Ian Botham's legendary 149 innings had helped turn over odds of 500-1 and an unlikely victory for the beleaguered England team.<br />
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Willis performed like a man possessed and in an incredible spell of fast bowling won the match for England.<br />
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He kept the ball afterwards and it has now been put up for sale at auctioneers Knights.