He divides them into groups of five and observes with dismay as they depart in ones and twos.

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With boundaries few and far between, the Black Caps were forced to trades in ones and twos as Afridi and Gul produced spells which were tailor-made for Twenty20 cricket.

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Between overs eight and 14, Gambhir and Dhoni struggled to find the boundary, trading mainly in ones and twos, and India would not have been overly disappointed when Dhoni saw his stumps knocked back by Naeem Islam.

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The return of Kevin Pietersen galvanised England and he batted beautifully and although he was clearly hampered by his Achilles injury and in no mood to run sharp ones or twos, he found the boundary five times, and cleared it three times as England improved on their 14 fours against the Dutch with 18 fours and six sixes here.

BBC: Jonathan Agnew column