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Ian Chadband

English passport? Smith jokes Inglis is going nowhere

Having taken his exceptional talent all the way from Yorkshire to Australia, Josh Inglis has ended up making his old home country suffer - leaving Steve Smith to laugh there's no way England are getting him back.

After the Perth batter's sublime unbeaten, matchwinning 120 steered Australia to the perfect flying start with a five-wicket win over England in their Champions Trophy opener in Lahore on Saturday, the subject of the 29-year-old's Leeds roots inevitably reared its head again.

While the likes of former England captains Mike Atherton and Nasser Hussain had mused a mite wistfully in the commentary box about the one who got away, Aussie skipper Smith just wanted to make sure everyone knew the 29-year-old had green-and-gold running through him.

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