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“It’s clear that he has navigated the fraught shoals of the bureaucratic politics of the administration effectively. He hasn’t ticked off anybody who matters, and that’s a lot by itself.”

"I am very proud to get this one ticked off the list - only two more to go now," Littler told ITV after the win.

The records were ticked off: what was then the highest 10th-wicket partnership in Test cricket.

But at the press conference, Nguyen ticked off the failings of the unfinished memorial — upright black slabs that are mostly blank and show visible cracks — and noted the scandal behind it.

“But when people are this ticked off, they don’t have a patience button.”