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Captain Tim Paine’s pain at stepping down
The man who holds Australia’s ‘second highest office’ after the prime minister might not be allowed to play for his country again
21 November 2021 - 00:00
Distraught and in tears, Tim Paine stepped down as captain of Australia’s Test cricket team on Friday after revelations he had been investigated and cleared over sexually explicit text messages sent to a female colleague four years ago.‘..
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