At the time, no one except, presumably, the cook cared that the kitchen was hot and smelly, or that she had to climb onto a chair or a stepladder to fetch the plates, or crouch on the floor to reach into the cabinets where she kept her pots and pans.

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Other selection issues for manager Fabio Capello include whether to keep faith with striker Emile Heskey or bring in Tottenham's Peter Crouch.

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In his absence, Tottenham will rely on fellow strikers Peter Crouch, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Robbie Keane while England could turn to Crouch, Fulham's Bobby Zamora or Sunderland striker Darren Bent who scored the third goal in Tuesday's 3-1 qualifying victory in Switzerland.

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