After four years of re-enacting The Lord of the Flies I had plenty of incentive to put as much distance between me and my home town as possible, along with a permanent loathing for calisthenics, sumo wrestling, locker rooms and anything that looked or smelled like a gym.

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Lord King, who proposed the motion, recognised his colleagues' arguments but warned that "plenty of people have got lost in the Cabinet Office".

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They are yet to name their squads, with plenty of interest concerning the fitness of Kevin Pietersen, who has been out since the Lord's Test against Australia with Achilles problems.

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