Ton-up Malan keeps his head amid Aussie attack

By Chris Stocks at the WACA

It’s there! Dawid Malan pulls for four to bring up his century
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ALL THE talk of the WACA pitch having slowed down was blown away just two balls into this third Ashes Test when Mitchell Starc sent down a delivery clocked at 91 miles per hour.
What followed was an examination of the technique, heart and guts of England’s batsmen as Starc and his fellow frontline quicks in Australia’s attack, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazelwood, regularly broke the 90mph barrier.
Before lunch it was pace that did it for Cook, pinned lbw by a ...

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