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This article is from the RSC/UKSC Cricket FAQ, by Ganesh with numerous contributions by others.

44 Why is it called so?

Bob Dubery:
After one Edgar Ellis Achong, a [left-arm leg-spinner]
West Indian of Chinese extraction. He played test cricket
between 1929 & 1935.

Achong bowled a well-regarded England player who, as he walked
away in disgust at being totally bamboozled by the debutante
Achong said "I never thought I'd see the day I was bowled by a
Chinaman".

 

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