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Ashley Giles is once again fighting for his England future after two poor Tests against Australia, which included dropping Ricky Ponting on 35 at Adelaide and then leaking runs as the home side marched to victory

Ashley Giles is once again fighting for his England future after two poor Tests against Australia, which included dropping Ricky Ponting on 35 at Adelaide and then leaking runs as the home side marched to victory. In his tour diary for The Independent Giles reveals that missed chance will continue to haunt him, but all he can do is keeping trying.

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You can't bring it back - it's gone. I will just spend the next 20 years worrying about it...I am two first-class games in to my comeback and I know there will be a push for Monty to play but if I am called to do a job I will, as always, do it the best I can.

England tour of Australia

Andrew McGlashan is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo