{"id":10738,"date":"2016-07-20T10:51:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T10:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=10738"},"modified":"2016-07-20T10:51:08","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T10:51:08","slug":"our-pundits-give-their-verdicts-on-england-crickets-summer-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/07\/20\/our-pundits-give-their-verdicts-on-england-crickets-summer-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Our pundits give their verdicts on England cricket&#039;s summer so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AS\u00a0the third test match between England and Sri Lanka takes place at Lord&#8217;s, we looked at the key aspects of England&#8217;s summer so far.<br \/>\n<em>Glen Williams, Jack Vittles <\/em>and<em> Bethan Moorcraft<\/em> addressed\u00a0the main talking points surrounding this current crop.<br \/>\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Cricket Podcast Mixdown by Cardiffian_News\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F266917886&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=1200&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Cricket Podcast Mixdown by Cardiffian_News\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F266917886&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=1200&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/>\nWe\u00a0discussed that hotly contested No 3\u00a0position in the England top order. 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