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    "excerpt": "Melbourne, Feb 18:\u00a0\u00a0Australia head coach Justin Langer believes his team had a great \"dress rehearsal for South Africa\" when they played against England in their own backyard last year. Australia wo",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Melbourne, Feb 18:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;Australia head coach Justin Langer believes his team had a great &quot;dress rehearsal for South Africa&quot; when they played against England in their own backyard last year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Australia would be playing their first-ever game in South Africa on Friday since the infamous 2018 Sandpaper Gate controversy which saw Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft being suspended by Cricket Australia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>During the 2019 World Cup and the subsequent Ashes in England, both Warner and Smith received hostile reception from the fans and were treated to lot of jeering.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;There was a brilliant reintegration back into the team, before they came back into the team 12 months ago or whatever it was -- eight months ago. There was a lot of really good work done there, and we&#39;ve had a great dress rehearsal for South Africa from England,&quot; ESPNcricinfo quoted Langer as saying.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;That was a tough tour for those two guys and I was really proud of the way they let their bats do the talking and again, they have been great ambassadors off the field. So hopefully they&#39;ll be looking forward to getting back here and playing great cricket as well,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Meanwhile, Australia limited-overs skipper Aaron Finch believes the duo of Smith and Warner would use the hostile reception from the fans as a motivation to perform well against the Proteas.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;South African fans are very passionate. Regardless of whether you&#39;re playing in Australia or over here or even in ICC tournaments, the crowds are very vocal,&quot; Finch said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Our guys are expecting that and David loves that banter coming from the crowd. It gets him into the game. Regardless of what I think, the crowds are going to act however they please -- I don&#39;t think it&#39;s going to make much difference to us. We are going to play cricket with a smile on our face, and represent Australia very proudly,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>South Africa and Australia will play three T20Is and as many ODIs.<\/p>\r\n",
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