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Carey’s innings was a display of grit and calculated aggression, as he struck 15 fours and two sixes in his 188-ball stay at the crease

Carey, talking to Fox Sports about the online abuse, said he didn't look into it that much, but things went so bad that he had to delete his Instagram ID for a week.

Before taking out Murphy, Stuart Broad disclosed that captain Ben Stokes informed him that it would be his final over with the ball.

Carey's dismissal of Bairstow during the second Ashes Test led to controversy with many pundits stating that it was against the spirit of the game.

The Australia squad is slated to leave for New Zealand on February 7 while the South Africa tour "remains subject to satisfactory bio-security arrangements".

The 29-year-old first joined the Strikers in 2017 ahead of BBL season six, and already sits third on the run scorer tally with 1,163 runs from his 35 matches played, including one century and six half-centuries.