With the man advantage Saracens put width on the ball and were rewarded when Short raced round the defence for the opening try.

BBC: Gloucester 19-13 Saracens

Harmison looked more like the bowler who previously struggled with the white ball, offering too much width as the stylish Amla carved him away for four boundaries in an over.

BBC: England maintain perfect record

We play with width and to try to move the ball around and we have to be good at those aspects because when we're not, we come second.

BBC: London Irish coach Toby Booth questions accuracy

Smith swung his bat at every opportunity whenever he was offered a modicum of width, collecting six boundaries before he dragged a short ball from Anderson on to his stumps to leave Australia on 158-6.

BBC: England close in on Ashes victory in Melbourne

Since joining the Test side just 15 months ago, he has taken 89 wickets at 17.13 from his first 16 games through the simple tactic of landing the ball on a perfect line and length and consistently moving it half the width of the bat in either direction.

WSJ: Just One More Peak to Conquer

Foden brought the New South Wales Waratahs winger to ground but the Wallabies took the ball through a couple of phases and then moved it through the hands across the width of the pitch for Mitchell to send Elsom striding over for a marvellous try.

BBC: Australia 27-17 England

He's just at home kicking the ball for position as he is directing his forwards and linking play to allow McGuire and Burrow more width.

BBC: Long to steer Saints to victory

Ireland were doing a great job of turning over possession as they prevented the England ball carrier from getting to ground, and Kidney's side were also playing with pace and width in attack.

BBC: 2011 Six Nations: Ireland 24-8 England

Denied the alacrity of Dale Steyn through injury, South Africa recalled Nel while Morne Morkel, taking the new ball in Steyn's absence, made the most of the pitch, offering openers Andrew Strauss and Cook little width with a probing line around both left-handers' off stump.

BBC: England toil as S Africa dominate