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Live: Huge slice of luck for Maddinson in first Test in 10 years

ABC News Australia - Health · 9 October 2026 at 5:31 pm

Australia is set to play its first Test on South African shores since the 2018 Sandpapergate scandal threw the sport into chaos.

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