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“I was in the middle of emailing you about Weatherald before he got out,” writes Chris Paraskevas. “I think he brings something a little different to an opening pairing: he’s compact, reasonably well organised (especially on the offside) and has a punchy, no-frills style of attack.

“He reminds me of Chris Rogers in his temperament, the way he builds an innings, and I think they should persist with him for the rest of the series: he might be well suited to English conditions if he can refine his ability to play the ball late.

“Perhaps he’s missing a bit of aggro and dog in his batting. There’s the foundations of a solid Test player in there...”