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"Aggers," interrupts Phil Tufnell, "it is a replay".

For the first time in the 64-year history of the programme we are commentating on England Test Matches off the television rather than live from the grounds and, as the faux pas from Aggers on Sunday demonstrates, this presents a different set of challenges.

Aggers warned me that one of his dogs, who often joined him in his attic broadcast position, had a habit of howling uncontrollably when hearing two pieces of music.

So at 4.15am on the first morning of the series, Aggers welcomed TMS listeners from his attic at home in the Vale of Belvoir dressed in pyjamas and a dressing gown.

“After all the excitement of the previous couple of months,” emails George Browne, “is there a more timeless sound of summer than the TMS team passing comments on each other’s sartorial choices? We learn that Sir Alastair Cook is in shorts, Vic Marks of this parish is stoically be-jacketed, and that Aggers is in salmon - wonderful stuff. In the light of this, and your comments on Gower’s tifter, can we enquire how you have decided to combat the heat?”