It’s not just in rugby union that Australia and New Zealand relish a healthy rivalry here are five other famous sporting clashes that only served to fuel the fires of competition between the two nationsFor the first 70-odd years of Australia’s Test cricket history – before Richie Benaud or Shane Warne had even entertained the idea of a flipper – the concept of an Australian leg-spinner was nearly solely synonymous with Clarrie Grimmett,who took 216 Test wickets during the Bradman era. Grimmett might not still capture the public imagination the way Warne does (who would have featured in Grimmetts pool room mural, accomplish you judge? Dame Nellie Melba? Chips Rafferty? delighted Hammond? And what would the catering be like? Bread and dripping?) but he was most assuredly the Australian slow bowling idol of his day.
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Source: theguardian.com