The match also provided useful batting practice with Ben Wright, Michael Powell and Mark Wallace scoring 50s.

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Bresnan, Bopara, Luke Wright and Michael Yardy join him among those players whose performances automatically trigger the award of a full contract if they make enough appearances for the England team.

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Michael Wright, an analyst at the brokerage McAdams Wright Ragen in Seattle, compares Medtronic with Microsoft and calls it a good value play.

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