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STARTLED RABBITS, CAUGHT IN THE HEADLIGHTS

A distracted and under strength Sri Lanka could again be embarrassed  in Canberra’s inaugural Test match. Rarely has a Test team looked so out of its depth as the Sri Lankans these past few New Year weeks.

Tragedy by two

It was a runs record even Don Bradman could not match: the highest first-class batting average of all, 207. Sydney’s Norman Callaway played only once for New South Wales, scoring a double century in his only innings. A year later, aged 21, he lost his life during World War One.