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Stumps & Bumps: What do John Cena and Australia have in common?

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Australia and Bangladesh have faced each other in Test cricket only six times, with the Tigers returning Down Under for a two match series more than two decades after their first encounter.

While this might seem like this will be a one-sided affair, SEN Cricket's Bharat Sundaresan says it's the way the Australian treat all their opponents with a big-match feel that make them the envy of the world.

"Ruthless aggression is how John Cena was born and that's how Steve Waugh was born. That's how Alan Border was born, right? I mean, the whole Australian cricket philosophy is based on ruthless aggression"

During John Cena's storied wrestling career he had high profile matches with The Rock, CM Punk, Batista and Randy Orton - but he also had memorable matches with lower tier talent like Cesaro, Dolph Ziggler, and Austin Theory.

"There's always been that grudging admiration, or begrudging admiration, for Australia, even if you are not an Australian fan. There are a lot of people around the world who I know are genuinely massive Australian fans and they were the yardstick, and John Cena has been the yardstick for wrestling in this century."

Hear Bharat's unofficial rankings of all twelve Test nations on the latest episode of Stumps & Bumps:

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