The tourists, who replaced Ian Butler with Hamish Marshall in the line-up that won last week's first Test by an innings and 99 runs, made a stuttering start.

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Ian Lesser, an analyst at the German Marshall Fund in Washington, argues that for now they are not fussed.

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McLaren won the man-of-the-match award after he removed Gladiators' dangerman Hamish Marshall (65), Steve Adshead and Ian Fisher in successive deliveries.

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But, from gangling youth to gangling adult, he had often played fourth fiddle to the likes of Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding, Joel Garner, Ian Bishop, Patrick Patterson and Curtly Ambrose.

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Burnley made the early running and Ipswich goalkeeper Andy Marshall was forced into a stunning save to keep out Ian Moore's header from Cook's free-kick, while Blake sent a powerful left-footed drive over the crossbar.

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But Burnley emerged from a testing spell to level matters in the 66th minute, Blake sending Marshall the wrong way from the spot after the goalkeeper had tripped Ian Moore.

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