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Ultimate 1-50: the male footballers best associated with each squad number

Who is football’s most legendary No 9? Has there ever been a legendary No 28? And why exactly does Mario Balotelli love wearing No 45 so much? Here’s our list and the stories behind it The relationship between players and numbers is a long-established one filled with memories and fascinating as well as fun stories behind them. With that in mind, the Guardian has had a go at deciding which male player is best associated with each squad number, from 1-50. Various factors were taken into consideration, including how long a player wore/has worn that number, what they achieved/have achieved in it,

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The saga that never goes away: wounds of Australian cricket reopened as ball tampering resurfaces | Jack Snape

With the issues raised in Cape Town still to be resolved, Usman Khawaja’s book threatens to damage reputations and divide cricket’s tight community Australian cricket thought it had left its great shame behind, burying it in the days after Cameron Bancroft was shown on the big screen in Cape Town putting sandpaper down his pants. Cricket Australia acted swiftly at the time, suspending the young batter, his captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner. Too swiftly, according to Usman Khawaja, whose book released on Tuesday criticised the investigation while Warner called it “rushed and bot

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