"My knee is fine, it feels really good, " the 65-times capped Shanklin told BBC Sport.

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My parents always stuck by me in my youth and after several England tours of not actually featuring, it feels really good to get a go now.

BBC: England happy with eight-wicket haul in Bangladesh

It feels really good.

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It's something I've kind of struggled with this year and I was really successful at it most of my career, so it feels good to be able to finally have a game like that.

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But she feels like she can't say no to these events, and the stretch is worth it for their really good friends.

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