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    "excerpt": "Melbourne, Dec 23:\u00a0\u00a0Senior New Zealand pacer Trent Boult is appearing to regain full fitness ahead of the Boxing Day Test against Australia as he bowled against his own team mates in a warm-up match",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Melbourne, Dec 23:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;Senior New Zealand pacer Trent Boult is appearing to regain full fitness ahead of the Boxing Day Test against Australia as he bowled against his own team mates in a warm-up match ahead of the second rubber.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Boult -- Kiwis&#39; pace spearhead -- had picked up a rib injury and could not play the first match under lights at Perth as Australia thrashed them by 296 runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I was a proud representative of Victoria yesterday. It was good fun and nice to get some overs under my belt, field for a bit, and get some time in my legs,&quot; Boult was quoted as saying by www.stuff.co.nz on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;It&#39;s all going well, I feel like I&#39;ve ticked the right boxes in terms of my rehab and preparations, and I&#39;m looking forward to getting out there.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;It was more about rhythm and loading from my point of view,&quot; Boult added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>He took the wicket of New Zealand opener Tom Latham during the practice game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Meanwhile, Tom Blundell is all set to open for New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) after replacing Jeet Raval.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Latham said Boult would return with the team trailing the three-match series 1-0 ahead of tests in Melbourne and Sydney.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Boulty is tracking pretty well and he was running in pretty hard,&quot; Latham said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;He was his usual self in the nets the other day, bouncing around, which is a good sign. It&#39;s great to have the quality of Trent come back into the side.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Boult added that he had to stave off some mental barriers ahead of his comeback and it would be a timely boost for the Black Caps with the MCG curator predicting the Boxing Day pitch will be lively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Anyone will tell you coming back from injury, there&#39;s a few psychological walls you need to break through,&quot; he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I&#39;ve played 60-odd tests, so I understand what&#39;s needed for fitness.&quot;<\/p>\r\n",
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