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John Buchanan leaves no stone unturned in our Test match preparations so these few days off would have been carefully considered.

Apart from a six-a-side charity day at Teddington today, where 'Jacko' the young Teddington scorer gave us a few lessons in the art of five over, six-a-side cricket, most of the squad will leave their cricket gear in their bags until Hampshire on Saturday.

With the growing criticism of the injury-plagued England team reaching boiling point in the press, our opponents will be analysing their own preparation for the cut-throat third Test.

They have a challenge ahead of them and we are waiting eagerly to see how they will fight back.

From London

JL