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Every run that Australia managed to eke out for their final wicket would have gnawed away at Bavuma who was, if we are being hypercritical, guilty of a slight captaincy misstep.

Cummins, who reached 300 Test wickets after he took 6-28, said any runs his side can eke out for their last two wickets could be vital.

From club cricket in Cheshire and Birmingham, to T20 leagues in Canada and the Cayman Islands, there was a time when Webster thought he would simply "eke out a steady career".

But it feels like another example of the court’s liberals playing nicely, trying to eke out whatever little wins they can, turning the temperature down, all of which is important.

Issuing press releases about your opponent’s mistakes, while avoiding any stunts that could make the conversation about you and your coalition’s failings instead, might well be enough to eke out a win 18 months from now.