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SERIES PREVIEW ASHES 2021/22
All cricketers are equal, but some are more equal than others
WCM editor-in-chief Phil Walker on the return of England’s power couple
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The Australian quick should have been lining up against England in the Ashes, instead he announced his retirement from international cricket, aged 31, after a succession of debilitating injuries. Adam Collins wonders what might have been, and says Australia will miss him this winter
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SHANE WARNE ARRIVED IN ENGLAND AHEAD OF THE 1993 ASHES WITHOUT MUCH RECORD OR REPUTATION. BY THE END OF THE SERIES, HE HAD BECOME THE GAME’S NEW ICON, LEAVING ENGLISH BATTERS IN COLD SWEATS WITH HIS UNFATHOMABLE BOX OF TRICKS. SUDDENLY, EVERY YOUNG CRICKETER WANTED TO BE A LEG-SPINNER. ROB SMYTH RETRACES THAT LANDMARK SUMMER, SPEAKING TO THOSE WHO HAD THE TASK OF FACING HIM
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