"Jacques bowled an unbelievable spell into the wind, it was nice to bowl with him as he kept it so tight, " said Nel, whose alter ego "Gunter" had earned him plenty of column inches before the Test.

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As Mary Lou's skilled subordinates throughout that period, Frank Perley and Ben Tyree, know well, I would frequently test her patience with a late submission and occasionally with a particularly provocative column.

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