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Geoff Lemon is on top of all things Australia, who arrive at the World Cup with a squad chock full of experience. Seven of the likely best XI at this year’s tournament were in the 2015 World Cup squad: David Warner, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood played in the winning final while Mitchell Marsh and Pat Cummins got medals from the bench.
Throw in Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green and Alex Carey after Travis Head returns from injury and you could have a team with 10 Test players from this year’s Ashes. England, by contrast, have a maximum of six. Of the rest, Marcus Stoinis and Adam Zampa started their own international careers within a year of that 2015 World Cup and have been fixtures since.
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