Panesar claimed 3-10, admittedly against Warwickshire's lower order, but he will make the journey to Cardiff on Monday for the first Test against Australia looking forward to bowling on a surface which is expected to favour spinners.

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Secular forces that lurked so long beneath the surface of the economy, like housing and latent capital goods spending, should carry us forward.

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