Ms Mayhew came within a hair's-breadth of becoming a Tory MP in 1997 when she just missed winning the selection contest for Hampshire North West, one of the party's safest seats in the country.

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He is one of four uncapped West Indians in the Stanford Superstars squad vying for selection against England in cricket's richest one-off contest, in Antigua on Saturday.

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Mr. Ryan's selection had both parties trying to determine how he would alter what has been a close contest.

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