It was the summer of speed which smashed cricket’s modus operandi forever. So relentless were the volleys of ‘throat’ balls from Jeff Thomson and Dennis Lillee in 1974-75, that the departing English blessed themselves that no one had been killed. ‘One tour too many,’ 35-year-old Brian Luckhurst told a teammate.
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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.
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.
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