Summer signings Jake Edwards, David Farrell, Mark Greaves and John McGrath have all also played at a higher level.

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But, together with fellow Englishmen Tim Bresnan, Robert Key, Anthony McGrath, Monty Panesar, Mark Ramprakash and Jonathan Trott, he was not sold.

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McGrath was eventually bowled by Mark Hardinges for 31, but White continued to prosper with former South Africa batsman Jacques Rudolph as the pair closed in on the winning target.

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Sinclair and Mark Richardson survived the new ball burst from Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie, but the introduction of Kasprowicz as first change soon paid off for Australia.

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People like Ian Healy, Steve Waugh, Mark Taylor and, a bit later on, Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath, were all picked after a hand full of first class matches.

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