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He also suffered damage to his neck cartilage and nerves, preventing the choir member from singing.

And when cool heads were required, his team came across as a bag of nerves, all too willing to get involved in cheap spats.

The other notable aspect of his batting was his ability to control the match, taking the innings deep, virtually to the end, with a remarkable control of nerves, and interspersed with explosive strokes.

When Watts met Lynch, they hit it off, the director’s genuine interest calming the nerves she often felt during auditions.

Excitement, nerves, pride… this must have been what it was like in the seventies, except we had never expected this.