The prospect of unsettled weather on the first two days at least suggests that Amir and the wily Mohammad Asif will still be a handful with the famous Lord's slope assisting them to move the ball off the seam as well, making it vitally important that England's batsmen knuckle down and be prepared to graft.

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"Steven's under contract so what he needs to do is come back here, knuckle down and go and enjoy himself and score goals, " he said.

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Mr Jones added that bare knuckle boxing champion James Quinn-McDonagh was one of the evening's guests and took many questions from the floor.

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The return leg will take about 273 days, and ends with a knuckle-whitening 31, 764 mph re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.

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