# The Spin \| Farewell Dennis Breakwell, Somerset stalwart and mentor to generations of cricketers > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/913365 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 1 outlet covering · First listed: Guardian, Nov 11, 2026, 5:30 AM · Read it: Left-arm spinner who has died aged 78 played alongside Ian Botham and Viv Richards in county’s glory days, experience he passed on to Jos Buttler and many othersAway from the bright lights and the hungry eye of television, cricket unfolds as it has always done, with a quiet welcoming handshake across the generations. Dennis Breakwell was the quintessence of that.Breakwell died this week at the age of 78, after a 15-year career as a slow left-arm bowler at Northamptonshire and Somerset, and more than 20 years as a groundsman and coach at King’s College Taunton. There he cut the grass, watched,… ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 11, 2026, 5:30 AM: [The Spin \| Farewell Dennis Breakwell, Somerset stalwart and mentor to generations of cricketers]() — Guardian (Newspaper, United Kingdom) Left-arm spinner who has died aged 78 played alongside Ian Botham and Viv Richards in county’s glory days, experience he passed on to Jos Buttler and many othersAway from the bright lights and the hungry eye of television, cricket unfolds as it has always done, with a quiet welcoming handshake across the generations. Dennis Breakwell was the quintessence of that.Breakwell died this week at the age of 78, after a 15-year career as a slow left-arm bowler at Northamptonshire and Somerset, and more than 20 years as a groundsman and coach at King’s College Taunton. There he cut the grass, watched,…