Honours even then in theverbal sparring stakes with neither boxer landing a knockout punch but expect more fireworks when the fighters square up for real in the ring next month.
Shortly after lunch, Ramnaresh Sarwan fell to an angry Jones, who trapped the West Indies vice-captain on the back foot and then delivered a verbal send off.
But as the vessel approached the islands mid-morning the Japanese coastguard issued verbal warnings for it to stop, then used water cannon to force it to turn back.
Dr. Atkinson figured that if a similar founder effect could be discerned in phonemes, it would support the idea that modern verbal communication originated on that continent and only then expanded elsewhere.