PLANET CRICKET
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Tim Wigmore explores the long-standing problem of finding a bowler of genuine pace on home shores

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Wanted: a cricketer, must be able to bowl at speeds exceeding 90mph over several days without grave risk of injury.
In the Ashes series, there are no shortage of cricketers who fulfil this description. But, here’s the snag: they are all Australian. And so, while Australia have Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins, w...