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England captain Mike Brearley has had
six stitches in his right eyebrow,
after being felled in batting
practice on a wet wickep in Melbourne.
He was hit by a rearing delivery from
young Leicestershire paceman Jonathan
Agnew, in the country on a sponsnqship
scheme.
Most of England's other batsmen worked
out earlier in the indoor nets
because the practice wickets were so
wet. "It was stupid of me to go into
the outside nets. The ball Agnew hit
me with was only a loosener" Brearley
said, "But I'll be resting from now on
and am confident of playing on Friday".
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