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Boos and bad blood at Lord’s: the second Test had it all

There was ill-feeling aplenty at Lord’s, of all places, but Pat Cummins is emerging from it all as a fine Australian captain against England’s formidable Ben Stokes.

Andrew Clark
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It was “the best of times, it was the worst of times”, as Charles Dickens once wrote.

The famed English novelist was referring to the French Revolution 234 years ago, but his words rang true on Sunday after just about unimaginable scenes of physical and verbal abuse of the Australian cricket team in the hallowed Long Room at Lord’s, the home of cricket.

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Andrew Clark is a former editor of The Sun-Herald and Australian Business. He was a correspondent in Europe and North America, a political correspondent in Canberra and has been a journalist for more than 55 years. Email Andrew at aclark@afr.com.au

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