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Almost three years after his World Cup exploits and six months after his retirement, Dwayne 'Sluggo' Leverock's sporting celebrity lives on.

The big spinner was named by top-selling British tabloid The Sun this week as one of the top ten Unlikely Sporting Heroes of all-time.

Leverock featured alongside short-sighted ski-jumper Eddie the Eagle, Ali Dia - the prankster who managed to blag a Premier League appearance by pretending he was George Weah's cousin and Jimmy Glass - the Carlisle goalkeeper who scored the goal that saved his team from relegation.

Here's what the tabloid had to say about our own sporting hero.

"He shook the world, literally and metaphorically, with a flying one-handed catch at slip to dismiss India's Robin Uthappa in the second over of the game.

"Leverock's wild 'n wobbly jig of joy was repeated when he dispatched Indian hero Yuvraj Singh.

"That cemented his place as cricket's cult sensation.

"And, almost as importantly, it made him the Bermuda Sun Sports Personality of the Year for the second year running."

Unlikely Sporting Heroes - The Sun's Top 10

Bill Werbeniuk

Snooker legend who drank eight pints of lager to calm his nerves before a match.

Karl Power

Sporting prankster who dressed in a Man Utd kit and snuck onto the on-pitch team photo for a Champions League game.

Dwayne Leverock

Bermuda's big-hearted bowling legend.

Buster Douglas

The literal 'one hit' wonder who came from nowhere to knock-out Mike Tyson

Eric 'the eel' Moussambani

The hapless Olympic swimmer from Equatorial Guinea

Peter Buckley

The British boxer who became a cult hero for his ability to pick himself off the mat and try again, despite a losing 256 of his 300 career fights.

The Jamaican

bobsled team

Described as the most 'illogical Olympic team in history', the unlikely winter Olympians inspired the movie Cool Runnings.

Jimmy Glass

The journeyman goalkeeper became an overnight sensation by running the length of the pitch to score an injury-time winner that saved his side Carlisle United from being relegated from the English football league.

Ali Dia

A student who managed to blag a Premier League appearance for Southampton by pretending he was George Weah's cousin.

Eddie the Eagle

The gloriously inept short-sighted ski-jumper who became a symbol of British spirit, despite his obvious lack of talent.

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