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606:West Indies
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864:The Age
594:captain
572:average
549:chucker
477:England
469:spinner
345:Wickets
336:150,168
255:Matches
138:England
116:Bowling
108:Batting
1327:Bichel
1315:Miller
1231:Lillee
1225:Lawson
1213:Lillee
1189:Lillee
1179:Lillee
1169:Lillee
1163:Dymock
1091:Benaud
1079:Martin
1073:Benaud
1055:Benaud
1025:Bedser
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794:9 July
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333:13,147
330:bowled
275:10,342
194:Surrey
1321:Saker
1291:Warne
1115:Hawke
1109:Hawke
1067:Quick
1061:Kline
1049:Tyson
658:Perth
629:Perth
532:India
429:831/–
412:10/54
371:27.00
368:19.23
365:25.58
352:2,844
328:Balls
291:15.88
288:13.74
182:Years
156:India
100:Perth
1201:Hogg
1121:Lock
796:2018
756:2020
725:ISBN
528:Test
494:and
475:for
426:59/–
415:3/20
409:7/35
305:0/27
294:1.00
239:Test
185:Team
89:Died
67:Born
822:doi
721:112
432:3/–
384:196
349:174
339:428
308:0/0
302:0/3
272:742
261:654
149:370
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