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The Sydney Sixers will not have the services of Australia left-arm spearhead Mitchell Starc for the KFC BBL|10 Final after the club and player agreed there was no need for him to return.
Starc signed for the Sixers last November with the aim of playing the final games of the regular season in his first BBL stint since 2014.
But hamstring and knee issues after an arduous Vodafone Test Series against India put those plans on hold while the Sixers advanced to a second successive BBL Final. The guys have done so well this year and I think it s in everyone s best interests to stick with the guys that have worked so hard to get to this point, Starc said in a statement today.
Anyone who has watched Steve Smith play at any level of cricket over the past decade knows he goes about his business a little differently.
Whether it s his unorthodox batting technique, his exaggerated movements and mannerisms at the crease or his compulsion to shadow bat anywhere, at any time, Smith has a long list of quirks that make him unique, not to mention one of Australia s greatest Test batters.
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It s one of those quirks that has seen Smith accused of foul play on the last day at the SCG, where India bravely held on for a draw to keep the Vodafone Test Series deadlocked at 1-1 heading to the series finale in Brisbane.
Big Bash League (BBL) on Friday confirmed that three matches of the ongoing 10th edition of the T20 league will be moved from Sydney venues to Manuka Oval, Canberra as a result of state border closures amid the Covid-19 pandemic."The .