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Jonathan Agnew

England suffer day to forget

Well - where on earth do I start, having sat and watched that?

Clearly, the first thing to do is to congratulate Sri Lanka, and particularly their captain, Mahela Jayawardene, for opening up a gulf so wide between the two teams that England supporters must be absolutely horrified.

Compared to England, Sri Lanka have played tough, disciplined and mature cricket – and I have chosen that last adjective carefully - while some of England’s cricket strikes me as being worryingly immature, just as the 'jellybean' incident was during the summer.

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Adam Mountford

In the festive spirit

One of the more bizarre moments on Test Match Special this series occurred during the final session on Wednesday when “The Analyst" Simon Hughes suddenly burst into song.

It was all TMS listener David Cook's fault.

During a quiet passage of play he e-mailed the programme with his suggestion for a Christmas carol based on the events of the second day of the Test.

It was inspired by some of the carol singing we heard from the Barmy Army, who decided to make their own entertainment as Mahela Jayawardene continued to grind down the England bowlers.

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