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‘Get out four times’: Aussie rookie’s unusual preparation for Test cricket’s ‘toughest job’

Jake Weatherald walked out onto the SCG turf alone on Saturday morning, armed with nothing but his bat.

The morning drizzle had cleared, so curators had already stripped back the covers and begun work on the pitch, painting the crease and mowing the grass.

Weatherald took guard at the adjacent pitch, a few metres from the deck that will be used during this week’s Ashes Test, and commenced his pre-match ritual. He tapped his bat on the surface, crouched into his trademark crabby stance, looked up at the other end and left alone an imaginary delivery.

The Tasmanian briefly stepped away before once again taking guard for a second delivery. Another leave.

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From nine visits to the crease, Weatherald has managed 167 runs at 20.87.

Hardly the numbers to demand another Test and a decent enough sample size for selectors.

He’s struggled with balls on his stumps and I don’t think his balance has been where it needs to be throughout the series.

Head has certainly taken the pressure off Weatherald at the other end, but that 21 is his best Test return since the Gabba Test a month ago.

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