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Brathwaite returns to Sixers for full season - Stabroek News

SYDNEY, CMC – Former West Indies Twenty20 International captain Carlos Brathwaite said he is looking forward to his return to defending champions Sydney Sixers for the 2020-21 season of the Big Bash League.

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