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Test Match Special

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The Boxing Day Test Match

I wanted to play tennis so it wasn't even cricket but I wanted to be like Pete Sanfras he was my my oldel and uh Stefan Eggberg. As I got a little bit older and cricket became you know a bit more prominent for me I wanted to being like Kirtley Ambrose. He had that aggressive nature to him which I really loved and it always stuck with me. Then as I started to get into my cricket a bit more I think it was like Brett Lee I remember saying in an article that I wanted to bowl as fast as Brett Lee if not faster. Here is the first ball of the Boxing Day test when you've got 85 000 plus fans there nothing beats

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