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The Inglis Patient

GH on Leeds's gift to Australia

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Gideon Haigh
Feb 23, 2025
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Coming into this Champions Trophy, twenty-five international cricketers in history boasted hundreds in the three formats. It is as interesting who the list excludes as includes: not only Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke but Steve Smith, Kane Williamson and Joe Root, while Harry Brook and Travis Head have not cracked a T20I hundred despite eighty-two matches between them. Twenty-sixth to secure that certification of versatility, Josh Inglis, is the more notable for ticking the boxes in sixty international matches. Leeds has not been a happy hunting ground for Australia. Inglis may be the best thing to come out of the city since Gang of Four.

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