The Buckeyes, members of the bruising Big Ten conference, also perform an exercise called "eight-man passing" that consists of eight guys sprinting the court for 35 seconds while whipping around two balls that can't touch the floor.

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On the plus side, Hussey immediately served up a reminder of his value to the side with an assured 54 from 43 balls, while Clarke looked in fine touch as he manoeuvred the Kenyan bowling around the park.

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The Tories shot back that it had been the Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls who, as City Minister in the late 1990s, had boasted of light touch regulation and missed a chance to introduce tougher controls.

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Flower was in excellent touch, his fifty taking just 32 balls with five boundaries, as Essex passed 200 in the 33rd over.

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