Mandy had expected a weirdly folded arm, a contorted jaw, maybe some slobber, but he looked fine.

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That brought Symonds to the crease at 18-5, and he looked in determined mood following his fine 70 not out in the first innings.

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Still, he lied and said the numbers looked fine.

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On the plus side, Hussey immediately served up a reminder of his value to the side with an assured 54 from 43 balls, while Clarke looked in fine touch as he manoeuvred the Kenyan bowling around the park.

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Rafael had looked promising at right-back, and he almost showed his goal-scoring talent with a fine left-foot shot that was turned over by Zaza.

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When he shone a light up through it, he could see fine-grained particles of silica, known as chert, mixed in with what looked like coal.

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Nikki Walker looked like he would add a second break-out try for the Ospreys, sent away after fine work by Andrew Bishop, only for his Scotland team-mate Sean Lamont to drag the wing down.

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