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Bowling at run-hungry batters on largely unforgiving pitches in vast, cacophonous stadiums with huge outfields in front of a partisan and at times baying crowd — plenty of English bowlers have found bowling in Australia akin to a Sisyphean task.—
James Wallace,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025 -
Glasnow and Ray combined to throw 110 pitches in the first three innings, only 54 strikes.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
15 Sep. 2025
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