Gordon Drummond eventually took Ten Doeschate's wicket but Cooper finished unbeaten on 80 to take the Dutch over the line with three balls to spare.

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Their three centre halves, sat deep, made it tough for Agbonlahor to break the back line, and they always had a spare man to either track the front-runner or follow Heskey when he dropped a little deeper.

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And Worcestershire then lost Shakib Al Hasan and Gareth Andrew before Alexei Kervezee finished it in style, driving Panesar for six to take his side over the line with still 14.5 overs to spare.

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From 106-0, when an injudicious reverse sweep cost Strauss his wicket, England slumped to 141-5 and although they reached their target with 10 overs to spare, it was somehow fitting that they should finally stumble over the line courtesy of a no-ball.

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Given the presumed popularity of the quick-healing bandages, the team is continuing to work on other "nanofiber products" in their spare time, hoping that the mending aid is just the beginning of a long line of sweet nano-based products to come.

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That has blurred the line between express services and air freight, and led to increasing use by integrators of spare hold capacity on passenger planes.

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It needed a goal-line clearance from Albanian debutant Drissa Diallo, impressive throughout, to preserve the status quo and spare the blushes of Michopoulos, who misjudged a cross to present Darren Bent with the ball on the edge of the area.

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