In a National Geographic interview last month, ahead of a trip father and son would take together, Tim Samaras said Paul was becoming "quite a talented videographer" and joked about how well his team members got to know each other during their days-long pursuits.

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Quite frankly, spoiling talented young athletes is a societal epidemic.

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Nobody knows quite how many ambitious, talented Russians have left for happier shores, but at least a million are reckoned to have gone to Israel, a similar number to Western Europe, mostly Germany, and a slightly smaller contingent to North America.

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The last player to hit 100 centuries was Graeme Hick in 1998, like Ramprakash a terrifically talented batsman who never quite did justice to his talents in the international arena.

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While not quite the sum of their supremely talented parts, Diego Maradona's side were able to capitalise on the space fatally afforded them by their opponents to register a well-deserved victory, secured through a headed goal from Gabriel Heinze.

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After all, the talented engineers who work in the pillar companies are quite comfortable with the idea of maintaining their previous commuting patterns by working in a start-up near the pillar company while building a new company with their former colleagues.

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Like the seductive and elusive hero of "The Talented Mr. Ripley, " he isn't quite there.

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"I have quite a few senior architects in the office and they are extremely reliable and very talented, but, when I taught, all of my best students were women, " she told The Observer.

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