‘Cricket: The Gentleman’s game’. It’s a phrase so robustly used by the upper cricketing echelons that fans could be forgiven for anticipating an old man’s match, debated instead of contested and located in a local country club rather than on the dustbowls of Hyderabad.
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Why the future of Australian cricket is being undermined
Australian captain Steve Smith echoed predecessors by declaring his new-look side, which will take on New Zealand and West Indies this summer, is an ongoing part of a process of ‘generational change’.
But when will the change cease?
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Strangers in whites: Smith’s blind auditions
With the Australian side constantly on the road, Steve Smith hadn’t even seen the two Test hopefuls in the nets, let alone a game.
Coach Darren Lehmann’s dossier is equally thin.
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