Glamorgan's Robert Croft and Kent's Mark Ealham are the surprise names in the England squad named for Thursday's first Test against West Indies at Edgbaston.

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The England performance squad will be skippered by Kent's Robert Key and spinner Monty Panesar will also join them after his plans for a spell playing club cricket in Sri Lanka fell through.

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Kent is joining forces with Robert Margolis, pioneering founder of HealthCare Partners.

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Three others - Robert Greenhill, 62, of Dartford, Kent, Joseph McCorry, 52, of Welling, Kent, and Daniel Cheevers, 47, of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, were jailed last month.

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But Tredwell (59) upped the scoring rate in tandem with number eight Parnell, who helped him add 151 before clattering a return catch to Robert Croft, who sparked a collapse in which Kent lost their last four wickets in nine balls without addition.

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Kent were forced to reply without their captain Robert Key, who was attending the birth of his second child.

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Off-spinner Paul Wiseman took 3-6 in 13 balls after Robert Key and Joe Denly put on 67 for the first Kent wicket.

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In addition, several Democrats -- including West Virginia's Robert Byrd, Georgia's Zell Miller, and North Dakota's Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan -- have said they'll support Ashcroft.

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