Spice overload too, since Whitehouse sometimes throws too many spices into dishes that sound pretty straightforward. (Should Szechuan pepper really be a marinade ingredient in sugar-cured ocean trout and avocado?) It crossed my mind to march into the kitchen and throw his spice rack away.

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"He still wants training at a high tempo, the whole squad is pretty relaxed, everything is pretty chilled there, so not too many changes, " added Barry.

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Strauss and Trott are playing pretty well, but they have not got too many match-winners, with Kevin Pietersen out injured and James Anderson out of form.

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There are literally too many to enumerate here, and the pace of acquisition has been pretty brisk.

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Saturday's opener shouldn't present too many problems but as it is their first game the Lions will be pretty scratchy, so I expect plenty of dropped passes in the first half.

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"We weren't at our best with our ball at the start and 299 is probably a few too many on that sort of wicket which slowed up a little bit, we did pretty well to get that close but unfortunately we didn't get the win, " he said.

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