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The Sydney Cricket Ground. Where English cricket careers go to die.<\/p>\n

In each of the last seven times England have visited the SCG, someone has walked out with three lions on his chest, never to do so again.<\/p>\n

More often than not the final stop of a doomed Ashes trip, Sydney has become the location where hail marys are thrown on the young and time is called on the old. Across this century alone, 14 England cricketers have played their final Test here.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember someone saying, \u2018You never want to play the last Test of a series\u2019,\u201d says Scott Borthwick, whose sole Test cap arrived in Sydney in 2014 where he made his debut in England\u2019s final defeat of their Mitchell Johnson-induced whitewash.<\/p>\n

Things happen quickly on Ashes trips. For Borthwick, he had been playing club cricket in Sydney for Northern Districts CC for the first half of the winter when, while attending the club\u2019s Christmas party with a flight booked home the following day, his phone rang.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hear this voice,\u201d Borthwick recalls, at this point a Noosa level of drinks down in the evening. \u201cAnd he\u2019s like: \u2018Scotty?\u2019 And I say: \u2018Yeah?\u2019 \u2018It\u2019s Andy Flower.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019S***. Bear with me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Flower, England\u2019s famously stern head coach, told him that spinner Graeme Swann was going to retire, and he wanted Borthwick to join the group immediately.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was crazy,\u201d Borthwick says. \u201cI actually went to Brisbane to watch the first Test with the lads from the cricket club, so for the first two days of the series I was with the Barmy Army. And then in the last Test, I played.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the lads created this picture, a side-by-side, of me with a beer in my hand in Brisbane. And then with my Test cap in my hand at Sydney.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"England's<\/p>\n
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\n England\u2019s three debutants, Gary Ballance, Scott Borthwick and Boyd Rankin, take to the field at the SCG in January 2014 (Anthony Devlin\/PA Images via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The 2013-14 series has gone down in infamy as one of the great capitulations. Kevin Pietersen, who arrived as vice-captain, was one of 10 members of the squad who never played again. A leaked document from the ECB alleged that, in the days leading up to Sydney, Pietersen had called his captain Alastair Cook \u201cweak\u201d, the team \u201cs***\u201d, and his teammate Swann a \u201cc***.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, a happy environment into which to arrive.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, for me, I was on my first Ashes tour and when I arrived we had a week off,\u201d Borthwick says. \u201cAnd Ben Stokes was there, who\u2019s my mate, and his now wife was there as well. So it was like: this is perfect!<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was trouble in the camp that I didn\u2019t know about. And it wasn\u2019t until afterwards where you go, \u2018Actually, that probably wasn\u2019t a very happy place\u2019. But when I got the nod for Sydney, it was just: \u2018Well, this is amazing\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

He removed Johnson in the first innings, where his seven overs went for 49. Second time round he dismissed centurion Chris Rogers, Brad Haddin and Ryan Harris on the way to taking 3-33, for all that Australia eventually prevailed by a massive 281 runs.<\/p>\n

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\"Scott<\/p>\n
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\n Scott Borthwick bowling on Test debut at the SCG (Cameron Spencer\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Borthwick isn\u2019t alone in finding joy in the debris.<\/p>\n

Four years later it was Mason Crane who was the debutant. He too, to this point, has never played again either. \u201cIt was all the emotions,\u201d Crane, now 28, says of the week. \u201cExciting, obviously a bit nervous, but you\u2019re just itching to get out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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England Test exits at the SCG<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/span><\/th>\nPlayer<\/span><\/th>\nMatch runs \/ wickets<\/span><\/th>\nCareer Tests<\/span><\/th>\nCareer record<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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2003<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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John Crawley<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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35 not out and 8<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

37 matches<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

1,800 runs at 34.61<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n\n

Richard Dawson<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

2 and 12; 0-72 and 1-41<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

7 matches<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

11 wickets at 61.54<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n\n

Andy Caddick<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

7 and 8; 3-121 and 7-94<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

62 matches<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

234 wickets at 29.91<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2007<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Chris Read<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2 and 4; 5 catches and 1 stumping<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

15 matches<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

48 catches and 6 stumpings<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n\n

Sajid Mahmood<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

0 and 4; 1-59 and 0-18<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

8 matches<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

20 wickets at 38.10<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2011<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Paul Collingwood<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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13<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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68 matches<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

4,259 runs at 40.56<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

2014<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Scott Borthwick<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1 and 4; 1-49 and 3-33<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1 match<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

4 wickets at 20.50<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n\n

Kevin Pietersen<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

3 and 6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

104 matches<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

8,181 runs at 47.28<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n\n

Michael Carberry<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

0 and 43<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

6 matches<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

345 runs at 28.75<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n\n

Boyd Rankin<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

13 and 0; 0-34 and 1-47<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

1 match for England (2 for Ireland)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

8 wickets at 38<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

2018<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Mason Crane<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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4 and 2; 1-193<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

1 match<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

1 wicket at 193<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n\n

Tom Curran<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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39 and 23 not out; 1-82 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

2 matches<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

66 runs at 33; 2 wickets at 100<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

2022<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Jos Buttler<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

0 and 11; 3 catches<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

57 matches<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

2,907 runs at 31.94; 153 catches and 1 stumping<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n\n

Haseeb Hameed<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

6 and 9; <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

10 matches<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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439 runs at 24.38<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

Crane and Borthwick\u2019s debuts have as many similarities as they do differences.<\/p>\n

Both were picked as leg-spinners, itself cricket\u2019s ultimate doomed art, and both had played club cricket in Sydney in the year before their selection. Crane\u2019s performances had even been strong enough to earn him a game for New South Wales as an overseas player, something no one had done for over 30 years before him since the celebrated Pakistan all-rounder Imran Khan was picked.<\/p>\n

But unlike Borthwick, who had been scooped up mid-series, Crane had been part of the squad from the beginning and was on high alert for most games in the series with first-choice spinner Moeen Ali experiencing a number of low-level injury issues.<\/p>\n

One thing was the same, however. By the time his chance came, the Ashes were gone.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know,\u201d Crane reflects, \u201cspeaking to the people who had been on the trip before where it really did go wrong, they all said that we held it together pretty well in the circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Mason<\/p>\n
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\n Mason Crane appeals for the wicket of Usman Khawaja at the SCG (Cameron Spencer\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Crane\u2019s debut came in the scorching heat and also came in a heavy defeat. Borthwick lost in three days and, while Crane made it to five, he bowled close to 50 overs as Australia racked up 649-7 in the one innings they batted.<\/p>\n

Temperatures across the match reached 47.3 degrees Celsius, the hottest Sydney had experienced in 79 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey could have easily declared,\u201d Crane says with a laugh. \u201cBut they just didn\u2019t want to. The soles of my feet were burning on the floor. I was having to change my shoes every three or four overs just because of how hot it was. It was horrible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe Root, then the captain, finished the match in hospital after suffering from severe dehydration, diarrhoea and vomiting. England said it had nothing to do with the heat and was just a stomach bug, but, yeah.<\/p>\n

Both Borthwick and Crane experienced the Ashes spotlight in its fullest. Borthwick remembers the smile that crossed his face when fielding on the boundary and receiving an earful from the partisan Aussie crowd, while Crane, as the 20-year-old bright young leggie with the Ashes already decided, was the story of the week.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt like I was the talking point,\u201d Crane says. \u201cI don\u2019t know if I was, but definitely in the morning, where suddenly I\u2019m doing a couple of different interviews, you go: \u2018Well, it\u2019s not just another game, is it?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Crane\u2019s figures of 1-193 were the most an English bowler had conceded in history on debut, but he received wraps from the great Shane Warne<\/a> in a display that was very much meant to be a beginning rather than an end. He would have had more wickets as well had he been able to keep his foot behind the line. His would-be first Test wicket was ruled out for a no-ball.<\/p>\n

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\"Mason<\/p>\n
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\n Mason Crane unfurls a leg break on debut at the SCG (Matt King\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI still can\u2019t see how you can give that as a no-ball,\u201d Crane protests. \u201cIt came up on the screen and everyone was like, \u2018Ah, that\u2019ll be alright\u2019, and then old mate\u2019s got his arm stuck out! I\u2019ve barely bowled one since.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nor was it the only mishap of a chaotic week. In his first innings with the bat, he was run out after a mix-up with James Anderson. A run out that, on ESPNcricinfo\u2019s scorecard<\/a>, is described as \u201cCrane slow to react\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I want to complain because I did react,\u201d Crane laughs. \u201cI reacted by saying: \u2018No\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look back and think I was literally a child. It\u2019s interesting because it was so long ago that for most people, if their last Test was that long ago, they\u2019d be retired.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy only thing now is it\u2019s just such a shame because I feel I\u2019ve been so much better since then. I wish I could teleport back there right now as I am today and see how that would go, as that would give me a better idea of how I really am at that level.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Mason<\/p>\n
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\n Mason Crane attempts to take a return catch (William West\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Both had played white-ball cricket for England before their Test debuts, but neither would do so after.<\/p>\n

Crane was part of the following Test tour, but suffered a stress fracture that ruled him out for a year and saw him slip away from the selectors\u2019 consciousness. While for Borthwick, there wasn\u2019t another Test match scheduled until the English summer, by which point a large chunk of the County Championship had been played and Moeen had emerged to take the spinner\u2019s role.<\/p>\n

Nor was Borthwick alone in his experience of that week in 2013-14, either. His debut came alongside those of Boyd Rankin and Gary Ballance. Rankin would never play for England again and suffered from cramps during the match, while Ballance managed a 23-match career.<\/p>\n

To have three debutants itself is a statistical quirk and a sign of the strife England were in, even more so that both Rankin and Ballance would go on to represent different countries. To look at the scorecard is to see that England had three debutants that day: one Englishman, one Irishman and one Zimbabwean.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlastair Cook gave us the caps,\u201d Borthwick says with a laugh. \u201cAnd it was so fast. It was almost like, \u2018Right, there you go.\u2019 It was a bit of a sign of, \u2018Right, let\u2019s get this game done\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Alastair<\/p>\n
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\n Alastair Cook hands Scott Borthwick his England cap ahead of the fifth Test in 2014 (Gareth Copley\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

To be part of England\u2019s cemetery parade through Sydney is a point of pride and regret for both. Borthwick, now 35, had a long and successful career for Durham and Surrey and is now turning his hand to coaching. While Crane is plying his trade for Glamorgan and has had a couple of strong years.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs more time passes, I realise, \u2018Did that really happen?\u2019,\u201d Crane says. \u201cI just thought I want to do this again and again. My goal ever since has been to play another one.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Sunday, 11 men will walk out for England to take on the Sydney curse. The Ashes may be gone, but their careers have not. We shall see in four years\u2019 time how many are still there to tell the tale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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