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Rudd said India and Australia were similar in their love
for cricket and also shared his dabble with the game.

"You will be surprised to learn that I have played
against India before...as a member of the Australian embassy
team in Beijing against the Indian embassy team. My highest
score was 11 not out," he said.
Australian Pime Ministers have traditionally been cricket
lovers.
Rudd's predecessor John Howard was a self-confessed
"cricket-tragic", while Bob Hawke actually did commentary
during a 1988 Australia-West Indies Test at Perth.
While 12th Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies was
also a cricket enthusiast, their first PM Edmund Barton had in
fact umpired in a 1879 game between New South Wales and an
English side at the Sydney Cricket Ground. PTI NKD
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