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no-balled Fisher from square leg during his third over, a decision which stunned Fisher. He later declared "I've bowled 1,100 overs in Shield cricket without being called by an umpire". At the end of match in which he took 0/111 in 20 overs as
Queensland fell to an innings defeat, Fisher went into
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