By Nigel Gardner

WITH the Ashes less than a month away, there was a sense that Dawid Malan’s careerbest performance at Derby was perfectly timed in every way.

Oh so close: Dawid Malan fell one run short of a first double hundred to further boost his Test claims
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Feat: Fynn Hudson-Prentice

The Middlesex captain batted for more than eight-and-a-half hours to score 199 – his third century of the season and the second time he has passed 150.
His name will surely be mentioned when the selectors draw up the squad to face Australi...