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Steve Larkin

Australian Test opener Stackpole "a giant" of cricket

Keith Stackpole's career-high came in the 1970/71 Ashes series when he scored 207 at the Gabba. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Keith Stackpole is being lauded as a dynamic cricket giant as Australia reacts with sadness at the Test batsman's death, aged 84.

Stackpole's hard-hitting was a key factor in the aggressive tone set under Ian Chappell's captaincy in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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