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LAYTH YOUSIF fills us in on his week spent savouring top-quality sport, travelling from Birmingham to Brighton
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HELLO, how’s your week been? I’ve been lucky enough to have savoured top-quality sport in the flesh. And I’m still buzzing from it.  

Last weekend I was at a packed Edgbaston to savour the T20 finals day on a very hot Saturday.

Despite my ongoing reservations over the format, three intense games over nine heatwave hours — resulting in more than 1,000 runs being scored — led to silverware being decided on the very last ball. 

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