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What picking 'barely part-time' spinner Will Jacks reveals about England's plan to take down Australia - and why there IS method to their Ashes selection madness

Daily Mail 1 min read 3 hours ago

This is not the first time England's selectors have thought laterally. For the trip to India early last year, they plucked Lancashire slow left-armer Tom Hartley out of the county game.
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