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Adam Mountford

Up in the air as England brought down to earth

Already in my short time producing Test Match Special I have experienced some rather interesting locations from which we have broadcast the programme.

The jungle of Dambulla in Sri Lanka, where I had to hold a satellite dish among a swarm of flying insects, will always be among my favourites.

But Hamilton, the location of the second one-day match between England and New Zealand, provided an interesting experience for the TMS commentary team as we were placed in one of four portable cabins held on a temporary scaffold 100 feet in the air.

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Jonathan Agnew

Disjointed England capitulate again

If England were very poor in Wellington on Saturday, they were unspeakably awful here in Hamilton.

Comprehensively outplayed in every aspect of the game, Paul Collingwood's players seem to have dramatically lost any semblance of confidence, as illustrated by three more run outs here to go with the three in the opening game.

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