He will get no argument on that score from Sri Lanka coach Moody - who hinted too that he would like to see extra provision for the availability of a full 100 overs in the event of bad weather, rather than always trying to shoe-horn a result into one day.

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On a shoe he made last year, a spike juts from the top of the foot like a rhinoceros horn.

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