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There is a risk inherent in trying to identify differences in the sporting cultures of two such apparently similar countries as England and Australia, but let us try to identify one of them at least. I sensed in the locust years of English cricket, from 1987 until 2005, that the Australians felt there was a moral force in the repeated beatings they were giving England.
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Simon Heffer is political columnist of the Daily Mail and author of several books, including most recently Strictly English: The correct way to write … and why it matters.
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