Sydney, Aug. 19 -- Having been tied down by Bangladesh to a degree few Test bowling attacks have managed during his 49-Test career, Alex Carey is desperate to ensure his milestone match coincides with Australian atonement in northern Queensland this week.
Ninety-nine years ago, Mackay birthed its first international cricketer, Wally Grout, the grizzled son of a Walkerston policeman who went on to become Australia's second wicketkeeper to notch 50 Tests and whose constant chirp behind the stumps earnt him the nickname 'The Voice'.
On Saturday, the less abrasive Carey will walk onto Great Barrier Reef Arena as the seventh, his skill-set reflecting wicketkeeping fundamentals that Grout would have approved of as well as a run-scoring capacity...