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Two more cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in NSW, bringing the state's total to 15.

A number of likely cases are expected to be confirmed later on Sunday.

NSW recorded another 286 new cases of coronavirus from 66,671 tests.

A southeastern Sydney man in his 60s was the state's only death reported.

He was fully vaccinated but had underlying health conditions and died at St George Hospital.

There are now 15 confirmed Omicron cases since the first cases were reported last week, but less than half are linked to the eight countries of concern.

A student at St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary School at Regents Park who's believed to have acquired an Omicron infection at a Villawood indoor climbing gym is among the newly confirmed cases.

Anyone who attended the gym last Saturday, November 27, between 9am and 4.30pm is a close contact and must immediately get tested and isolate.

All year three and year four students and teachers at the school are close contacts and are being asked to self-isolate.

While the growing number of Omicron infections is a concern, NSW Health says none of the 15 confirmed cases have been admitted to hospital at this stage.

NSW chief health officer Kerry Chant said on Saturday she had been pleased to see a stabilisation of cases in the regions, but metropolitan Sydney is starting to record an uptick in cases.

Most of the new coronavirus cases reported on Sunday were in Sydney, with metropolitan health districts accounting for 236 of them.

On Sunday there were 148 people in hospital, up nine from the day before, with 26 in intensive care and five on ventilators.

The state's vaccination rate remained at 94.6 per cent first-dose coverage on Saturday with 92.8 per cent fully vaccinated.

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New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel can't believe how "the stars have aligned" for him after he became only the third bowler to pick up all 10 wickets in an innings in international cricket, achieving the historic feat against India in the second Test at the Wankhede Stadium.

The 33-year-old, who took 10-119 on Saturday, joined England off-spinner Jim Laker (1956, 10-53 against Australia) and India leg-spinner Anil Kumble (1999, 10-74 against Pakistan) in picking up all wickets in an innings.

"Welcome to the club #AjazPatel #Perfect10. Well bowled! A special effort to achieve it on day one and two of a test match," spin bowling great Kumble, who took 619 Test wickets for India, said on Twitter.

It was the first time a bowler has taken 10 wickets in an innings in a Test away from home, although, romantically, Patel was playing his first Test in the city of his birth.

Ajaz, whose parents immigrated to New Zealand in 1996, added six wickets to the four he took on the first day on Friday to finish with figures of 10-119.

"To be honest, it's pretty surreal," he said.

"I don't think you ever believe you're going to achieve something like that. So to be able to do it in my career, it's pretty special."

Ajaz said he had yet to comprehend the magnitude of his achievement and thanked Kumble for his message.

"These things don't sink in until later," he later told reporters. "It's brilliant for me, my family and my wife.

"You spend a lot of time away from home as a cricketer and I'm just grateful to God for this, this occasion.

"Very illustrious group to be a part of. Great to see his (Kumble) message and his kind words. Humbled and fortunate to be in that company."

The left-arm spinner, who started his career as a fast bowler, extracted sharp turn and bounce from the pitch and carried the New Zealand bowling on his broad shoulders to restrict the hosts' first innings total to 325.

After picking up the wickets of Wriddhiman Saha and Ravichandran Ashwin in his first over on Saturday, the stocky spinner returned after the lunch interval to take the remaining four to wrap up India's innings.

As Rachin Ravindra pouched a skier from India's number 11 batter Mohammed Siraj to confirm the fall of the final wicket, Ajaz went down on one knee with a clenched fist before being hugged by his teammates.

He also received a standing ovation from the Indian team in the dressing room and the sparse crowd at the ground overlooking the Arabian Sea.

"I'm very fortunate and I guess the stars have aligned for me to have an occasion like that here in Mumbai," Ajaz said.

"To be born here and then come back here and achieve something like that, it's pretty special."

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He has won the Bathurst 1000 from last, now Chaz Mostert will start the Great Race at the front of the grid.

The Walkinshaw Andretti United star claimed pole after producing the fastest-ever time around the famed Mount Panorama circuit during the top-10 shootout.

Mostert will be aiming to secure his second win in the 161-lap classic as he partners with popular veteran Lee Holdsworth for Sunday's race.

No matter what happens, it will take something extraordinary to top the dramatic events of 2014 when Mostert was driving a Ford.

Mostert entered Bathurst 1000 folklore by snatching victory after starting the race from 25th and last on the grid to salute as a 22-year-old.

This time he will have Holdsworth in his corner for a shot at glory.

In his 18th-straight appearance in a Bathurst 1000, Holdsworth knows this is his best chance to be crowned champion.

"I certainly think we've got one of the better cars out there so we're in a pretty good position," Holdsworth said.

"We're both comfortable in the car and we've both confidence in it.

"It's not necessarily the fastest car that wins around here though."

Defending champions Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander will start from seventh but did manage to secure last year's win from fourth.

Van Gisbergen's Red Bull Ampol teammate - and soon-to-be boss - Jamie Whincup will be back in 11th on the grid after missing qualifying for the shootout in his final drive before retirement.

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