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Jonathan Agnew

Fatigue a factor as England falter

I remember former England coach Duncan Fletcher telling me once that the first skill to suffer in a tired team is fielding.

Well England have crammed in three Tests in little over three weeks, which is entirely unreasonable in this part of the world, so it is little wonder that three chances went begging on day two.

This is not to make an excuse for England; I am merely stating the obvious: they are tired, not least because they have now been bowling at Mahela Jayawardene for 21 hours.

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Adam Mountford

Moving memories of tsunami in Galle

Since we have been here in Galle we have been hearing some amazing stories about what happened here when the tsunami struck on Boxing Day in 2004.

But the magnitude of the events of that day were really brought home to me on Wednesday when Jonathan Agnew spoke to two young men whose lives were changed forever that day.

Charlie Pelham and Spencer Crawley were among the members of the Harrow School cricket team preparing to play a match at the ground when the wave hit.

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