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Hello and welcome to the Test Match Special podcast.

First of all, a confession.

When the rain was falling at Derby, with the 5th T20 International looking almost certain

to be abandoned, we took the decision to record a close of series podcast.

We discussed the 4-0 series win for England, the performances that had taken place and

exactly where the series left the world game.

But rather than just get rid of that 35 minutes or so of conversation, we've decided we're

going to record a few minutes on what was a most bizarre evening here at the County Ground

in Derby because we did see a 5th match in this series.

Not a T20, no, 5 overs aside between England and the West Indies.

England won it in bizarre circumstances.

Eventually two nobles getting them over the line to reach their target of 42, but seven

wickets down, a strange old evening, a strange end to a very, very strange summer, but we did

see a match to conclude the summer.

So is a bellwespri who was watching alongside me?

We never thought we'd see a game, but we did.

And what a strange old evening it was.

Well, I think you summed it up rather nicely there, to mulch us into it, to mulch us

summer, it was very reflective of this COVID-affected summer of cricket.

We didn't think we'd get any cricket at all throughout the whole summer, throughout the

whole series.

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