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THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: an update from Lord's and England annihilate the Netherlands "As someone who has today had champagne sprayed over my back, my feelings are now rather more nuanced. The behaviour at Lord's may not be better, but the product dumped on you is certainly of a higher calibre." FROM THE ARCHIVES (7'40): When a captain sent his fastest bowler from the field "Something exploded inside me. I couldn't go on. All I wanted to do was get off the pitch." THE REVIEW (15'20): The Ball that Changed Cricket (2018, SevenPlus) "The laconic Kim Hughes comes up with one of the best lines I've heard: 'Built like Tarzan, bats like Jane'." Recorded on 24th June 2022    
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