DISPARAGED AND UGLY BUT THE WACA WILL STILL BE SO MISSED

Perth’s glory: With its corrugated iron and grass banks, the WACA is a proper cricket ground
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Chris Stocks is seeing England at the WACA for the last time, but what makes it so special?
It was entirely fitting that the opening day of this final Ashes Test at the WACA was played under blue skies and in scorching heat.
This is a part of the world where the climate is harsh and for England, who have won here only once, the results are usually even harsher.
This ground is certainly not a thing of beauty. The 70-metre-high concrete floodligh...

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