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Harmison left out by England

Steve Harmison, Ryan Sidebottom and Adil Rashid have all been omitted from England's squad for the first Ashes Test.

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In Harmless selection?:

Onions over Harmison? Are the selectors mad? On a slow deck (like the one in Cardiff) Harmison has one of the Aussie openers on a string and gets him out twice, bounces the other out when set, gets the captain out (after whacking him ...

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