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July 29, 2016 Uncategorized

Mop-up of the day – syllables, spin, short-pitched bowling and size

< 1 minute readFirst to Kandy, where the five minutes when it was both dry and bright enough to play cricket saw Sri Lanka set Australia 268 to win. David Warner’s recently-discovered inability to make runs outside Australia persisted as he was bowled for one, and the tourists also lost Joe Burns and

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