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October 25, 2022 Australia / Sri Lanka

Slog of the Day: Marcus Stoinis v Sri Lanka

< 1 minute readWe’re not sure this feature is really capturing the imagination, but we didn’t get where we are today by allowing complete-lack-of-reader-interest to shape our editorial decisions. If nothing else, picking Marcus Stoinis provides us with an opportunity to remind you how he and Adam Zampa are pissing away the great

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March 10, 2020 Australia / Features

How Adam Zampa and Marcus Stoinis are pissing away the great legacy of David Boon

2 minute readIf Australian cricket is respected for anything, it is respected for that time David Boon skulled 52 beers on a flight from Sydney to London before the 1989 Ashes (supposedly). If Boon could see the state of modern Australia now (and was also dead or buried alive) he would be

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