Brindle's fifth one-day half century in 2005 took only 47 balls and there were useful contributions from Claire Taylor and Lydie Greenway as the score mounted past 200.

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Yes, you read that right: Lydie's biological parents gave her up for adoption to her wealthy aunt and uncle, which her uncle later annulled so he and Lydie could marry.

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Most of her richly textured and poignant story which highlights the pervasive influence of religion in small-town life is told in flashbacks from her interrogations by the forensic psychologist assigned to the case, Lydie Crane, played by Swinton.

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