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EYEING A BAGGY GREEN

West Australian Corey Rocchiccioli will be part of a headlining spin trio in Sri Lanka in the New Year, says KEN PIESSE Australia’s strategy for success for its mid-summer tour of  Sri Lanka is likely to revolve around a spin triumvirate including late-blooming West Australian Corey Rocchiccioli.

LIKE BEING HIT BY A STEAM TRAIN

Even Test cricketers develop inferiority complexes. Undone four times in his first four innings by India’s Jasprit Bumrah, Nathan McSweeney forfeited his Test place for the two glamour Tests of the 2024-25 summer in Melbourne and Sydney.

A tribute to Redders

A very nervous Ian Redpath was playing his first match for Victoria and within minutes of the start, he dropped South Australia’s Neil Dansie at slip and cut his eyebrow in the process. Victoria’s captain Bill Lawry was unimpressed: ‘Piss off and get the 12th man out here.’