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"She said, 'you've scored big runs at county level opening and you did pretty well opening before so have a good go at it'. For it to be an option was really exciting for me," Jones told BBC Test Match Special.

Anyone looking for a source of encouragement from Earps' career has plenty to go at.

He introduced a live arts discussion programme called The Late Show, brought Nick Park's beloved Wallace and Gromit to a national audience, and gave an obscure motoring journalist by the name of Jeremy Clarkson his first go at presenting Top Gear.

In a week's time, the deadline passes for Prince Harry - the Duke of Sussex - to try one last go, at the Supreme Court.

“That’s how I kind of look at it. We’ve got to have a scrum too, on the other side, and we have a cadence where we all go at once. It’s not like you hard count and this and that, where now you’re getting us, or myself, jumping over the pile thinking that they’re about to snap the ball.”