30-09-2024 06:49 via theguardian.com

Australia learned lessons on white-ball tour of England – for good and ill | Geoff Lemon

The touring side acquired useful knowledge over the course of the T20 and ODI series but failed to find out more about some newer playersIn the end, it was a strange way to end a strange white-ball tour. Steve Smith captaining a one-day match in Bristol in place of Mitchell Marsh, who was captaining in place of Pat Cummins, but whose previous absence in a T20 had been filled by Travis Head. Matt Short replacing Marsh as opener, having been replaced by Marsh a match earlier, after replacing Marsh
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