Pt2 - New book on great Aussie cricketers & their backyards
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Channel: ABC Australia · 2009 · Sports
Title: First Tests: Great Australian Cricketers and the Backyards That Made Them Author: Steve Cannane Publisher: ABC Books Australia is struggling to save the third cricket test against England at Edgbaston. We face the real possibility of going two-nil down as we go into the last day at two for 88, still needing 25 just to match the English first innings score. And so just maybe we should be looking more closely at what has made Australia's great cricketers of the past stand apart - what is it in their backgrounds that let them develop their exceptional skills?
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