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Four Australia bowlers have denied reports they were prepared to boycott a Test match if David Warner had been cleared to play following the ball-tampering scandal.
The spinner Nathan Lyon and fast bowlers Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood all denied the Sydney Morning Herald’s claim they intended to sit out the final Test of the South Africa series last year following the incident in Cape Town.
Written by Press Association
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