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Fergus O’Neill makes waves in short, sharp stay at Nottinghamshire

By Ciaran McCarthy

Beyond a short tour to England as a 15-year-old, Australian seamer Fergus O’Neill had never played on these shores before pulling on a Nottinghamshire shirt at the beginning of the season.
But on Friday he entered his final game of a month-long stint there as county cricket’s leading wicket-taker, with 18 scalps at an average of 14.27, including two five-wicket hauls, as well as a half-century with the bat.
Has it been as easy as it’s looked for a man learning on the job, with only the word of Peter Siddle and his own qualities to guide him?
“I don’t think so,” O’Neill te...

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