Two more Wilkinson misses added to the feeling that this Test was going the same way as the famous defeat at Twickenham during the Andy Robinson era.

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The demands of the Indian Premier League - or at least the demand of the players to make some money in the IPL - has added to the feeling that this first Test is being played at least a week too early.

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So in a very real sense the Danes are testing the water for two far bigger economies, and also providing the first real test of public feeling towards the new currency.

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James Anderson is still feeling his way back into Test cricket, and is delivering some lovely balls at high speed going across the left-handers but most of the batsmen are not good enough to edge those.

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The check "is going to mean a lot of schools teaching to the test" and could leave some youngsters feeling they had failed, she added.

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"It's a very gratifying feeling for someone who's devoted their career to test flying like myself and all the other astronauts, " said former Air Force Maj.

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The BBC understands he feels the time is right for him to end his Test career, at least at international level, feeling his body cannot stand up to the demands of five-day cricket.

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"He has brought back that slightly euphoric feeling with him, " said Strauss ahead of the third Ashes Test.

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But I think the big test is what did voters think when they saw her, and my gut feeling is it probably hasn't changed her image.

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Already, there is a sense of 2005 revisited, and if my gut feeling is anything to go by, then we are all in for a thrilling and very close Test series.

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