Prof Mark Nixon believes that a person's gait and ears are as unique as their fingerprints, adding that they are harder to fake than more traditional forms of identification.

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An agreement had clearly already been struck, and sure enough Paul Nixon and Darren Robinson served up 10 overs of utter rubbish - on agreement - to allow Mark Pettini the easiest century he will ever hit.

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The left-arm seamer then trapped Jacques du Toit lbw for a duck, leaving Leicestershire in disarray at 85 for five but Nixon, assisted by Tom New, at least managed to edge them nearer the follow-on mark of 159.

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