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The five-match contest between Ben Stokes' side and a new-look India is brimful of intrigue, including superstar performers on both sides.

Now his head is brimful of a play that opens with three witches plotting and takes us on a journey of murder and guilt.

He is impressed with Ms Forbes, describing her as "honest, straight, true and brimful of integrity".

Mark Twain wrote that “the pony-rider was usually a little bit of a man, brimful of spirit and endurance.”

He is brimful of combativeness, even when, on a recent evening, his attention was divided among Republicans’ misadventures, President Biden’s shortcomings and a plate of pasta.