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"I said to my husband, 'Flipping heck, you need to watch this young lady.' She was in the elimination race, only a tiny thing, and she kept sprinting over the top of everyone. She was amazing. "The first time I knew something was happening between the two of them was when Jason phoned me up and said, 'I'm bringing Trotty home for a bacon butty.'

"That was our first long day in the dirt of the season. We probably weren't quite at our best, but you have to give Trotty a lot of credit. "The game has been dominated by two blokes with the bat, as Sam Robson was brilliant for us.

The novella finds humble ticket porter Trotty Veck on New Year’s Eve, despairing of humanity.

Trotty awakes with his optimism restored and celebrates his daughter Meg’s spontaneous New Year’s Day wedding.

And we all hope Trotty gets back to playing his best cricket as and when is good for him and the time is right.