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It is to the Australian's credit that he has since gone on to somewhat shake off his hot-head image in an impressive 13 years in management.

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“After the game, I was expecting to shake his hand and say, ‘Good game’ and move away, but he threw a punch,” Smith-Schuster told reporters in the locker room.

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More luck was required than against India but the scares they suffered as the finishing line got closer did not shake them, good fortune was accepted and it was onto the next ball.

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Add a little olive oil, shake it up.

“It’d be great if we weren’t tested this way, but you know what? We probably need to be shaken out of our complacency,” he said.

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