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While waiting for the appointment, Mr Cannon said the pain started and increased "to the stage where, on a scale from nought to 10, I was having spasms at level eight".

Scores of nought and one in Christchurch left the Kent man with an average of less than 10 in 17 innings against the Black Caps.

Glenn Phillips, dropped on nought by diving England captain Ben Stokes, remains unbeaten on 41.

"I explained to my youngest son, who asked what the implications were, that if you take 20% off something every time someone dies, it’s not long before you get to nought," he said.

"Ripped out, eradicated, destroyed, reduced to nought ... forever."