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From crafty to master craftsman: How Alex Carey put a spotlight on cricket’s most undersold art form
Forget the Bairstow broadside, Alex Carey put on a show to remember at the Gabba. His wicketkeeping masterclass drew awe from some of Australia’s greatest glovemen.
- Andrew Wu
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‘I’ll send him an invoice’: Carey joins Australia’s keeping greats with maiden Test ton
As a footballer, Alex Carey harboured ambitions of being out on the MCG on grand final day but a landmark moment in the venue’s other storied sporting feature is not a bad consolation prize.
- Andrew Wu