If they return to it at all it is usually much later, and then mostly to badly paid and unchallenging part-time jobs.

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But an exceptionally dry surface started to show signs of wear after just a couple of overs, courtesy of Peter Siddle's bustling footmarks, and by lunch repairs usually made much later in a Test match were being carried out by the ground staff.

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