This tournament is Bacher's chance to be remembered for an event which was an unequivocal success - and it is not one he will want to let slip.

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If Iraq had been an unequivocal success, she would have talked about it in her speeches, and offered praise to those who had been involved - as she did to the elder George Bush when she visited Washington in 1991 after the first Gulf War.

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"There is an unequivocal recognition on the part of all the stake-holders in cricket, including the counties, that the success of the England team comes first, " said Lamb.

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