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December 16, 2020 New Zealand

Kyle Jamieson looks a useful and very slightly frightening bowler to have about the place

< 1 minute readIn Tim Southee and Trent Boult, New Zealand have textbook new ball bowlers who disagree on which arm to use. This is a useful starting point when trying to bowl out the opposition. After that, they have the finest old ball bowler around, The Great Neil Wagner. Wagner is a

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