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• Australia's men look to write new chapter as Test cricket season begins | Geoff Lemon

  20-11-2019 17:27
  
  As Australian take on Pakistan at the Gabba for their first engagement, a longer wait has come to an endWhen Test match morning rolls around at last, it always feels like the longest wait has come to an end. No matter how many hours of overseas tours you may have watched through the winter, an Australian summer is something distant returning to life. Its matches will join a sequence of seasons running back through the decades, becoming the fabric of summer holidays, populating the retro highligh
  
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• Joe Root hopes Moeen Ali will make England Test return in South Africa

  20-11-2019 12:50
  
  • England captain will contact all-rounder in next couple of weeks
  • ‘When he’s on form he adds a different dimension to our group’Joe Root will contact Moeen Ali in the next fortnight to establish whether the all-rounder feels ready to make a return to Test cricket when England tour South Africa next month.Moeen, 32, announced he was taking a break from the longer format in September, having been dropped from the first XI after an undercooked showing in the Ashes ser
  
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• Naseem Shah gets nod to make Pakistan Test debut against Australia at age of 16

  20-11-2019 05:41
  
  Young quick backed to hold his own at the GabbaPakistan confident of ending Australia dominationPakistan captain Azhar Ali has no concerns about throwing 16-year-old quick Naseem Shah into the Test cauldron in Brisbane, all-but confirming the teen will debut on Thursday against Australia in the series opener.Naseem has played just seven first-class games but Ali, who has captained him for the bulk of those, says he has shown the mental and physical strength to mix it with the best. Related: Mitc
  
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