Fielden admitted to having itchy feet as he sat out last Saturday's 18-18 draw against the Maori after he arrived four days later than the rest of the squad in order to attend the birth of his first child.

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Non-Commonwealth citizens might scratch their heads at the concept of a game that can be played for five days and still end in a draw, but few summer pastimes are as essentially English as the sight of white-clad cricket players -- whether it be an international match, county versus county, or amateurs playing a weekend game in a local park or village green.

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