Test Match Dan

Chasing those final sessions on fifth days around the world

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@willis_macp I remember how ideologically opposed to this Agnew was when it first happened on Test Match Sofa. Ironic really, especially given he now calls a few of those disruptors colleagues.

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Metro Bank One Day Series:
England v Sri Lanka.
📍 The Oval, Kennington

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The 2026 summer of cricket:

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Rothesay County Championship Division Two:
Middlesex v Kent, day two.
📍 Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood

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@bbctms A deeper issue is that playing defensively sounds all well and good, but is doing it successfully possible with these players, their techniques and their lack of preparation? Freer batting came partly as a solution to not being able to stick around at the crease for a day.

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@bbctms Issues in the New Zealand series came from the opposition stifling England, not letting them be free enough to score, keeping them in their crease and picking them off with seam. One crazy self-indulgent finale at Trent Bridge has caused a lazy return to Bazball narratives.

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@davidoncricket All the roads around Beckenham on a Sunday are free parking

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@chesterbells1 Street parking nearby a perfectly decent alternative.

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@chesterbells1 Again, only a couple of access points onto a busy junction so there will have been a fair wait getting out. 111 bus from Preston is regular and did the job on the way there. Train is irregular but worked ok on the way back!

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@chesterbells1 Think it was a reduced capacity today whilst they work out the teething problems (one access gate, one at a time through it!) but definitely a very pleasant feel to the place.

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Brilliant day at Edgbaston. They might have kneecapped this competition but the Blast still lives on. Three great matches and a sizeable crowd committing from first ball to last.