When he first returned to the data centre on Tuesday last week he was struck by his colleagues' gallows humour.

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He lasted 15 unconvincing deliveries and departed to a routine edge which was smartly snaffled at first slip by Tendulkar, leaving Chris Tremlett to hit successive boundaries and last man Monty Panesar to provide some gallows humour for those that remained by blocking out the final over of the day.

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