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After several failures with the bat in front of his family and home fans in Hobart, Ricky Ponting got ‘the monkey of the back’ with an innings of 157 not out against New Zealand in 2001 source

George Bailey’s last act of his decorated 15-year career with Tasmania came at the bowling crease as he sent down the last over of the match in his team’s Shield loss to SA source

Rewind to the 2015 Perth Test against New Zealand when David Warner went BIG with a mammoth 253 against the Black Caps at the WACA ground source

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South Australia snapped an 18-match run without a Marsh Sheffield Shield victory as they defeated Tasmania by six wickets at Blundstone Arena in George Bailey’s last games source

New Zealand seamer Tim Southee gives an update on the fitness of bowling colleague Trent Boult, as the Black Caps look to adjust quickly to Australian conditions and the pink ball ahead of the first Domain Test at Perth Stadium source

Former Test skipper Ricky Ponting reflects on the day Aussie tailenders Jason Gillespie and Glenn McGrath stunned New Zealand with the bat at the Gabba source

New Zealand’s Ross Taylor scored the highest Test score by a visiting batsman in Australia, with a marathon 290 off 374 balls in the second Test at the WACA. source

Usman Khawaja has battled his way back into form with a fighting half century but NSW are on course to beat his Queensland side at stumps on day three of their Marsh Sheffield Shield clash source

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South Australia’s Wes Agar clean bowled George Bailey for a golden duck in an unfortunate end to the legendary Tasmanian’s final Sheffield Shield innings source

South Australia’s search for an elusive win was stalled by Ben McDermott after George Bailey’s golden duck in his last Shield innings source

Hayden Walsh on catching the selectors’ eye in the CPL and being called Courtney Walsh. Subscribe to ESPNcricinfo: http://bit.ly/1jnGh6S Get our apps: Android: http://bit.ly/2vFVfzX iOS: http://apple.co/2vGj8rg Website: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ You can also find us at: https://www.facebook.com/Cricinfo Tweets by ESPNcricinfo https://www.instagram.com/espncricinfo/ source

A handful of New Zealand players took some time out ahead of the first Domain Test in Perth with a visit to Rottnest Island to meet the local wildlife source