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For much of his Sri Lanka career, Kumar Sangakkara has had no equal at pre-match training but Kaushal Silva is offering a challenger for that crown

Andrew Fidel Fernando at Headingley18-Jun-20145:16

Sri Lanka would be happy with 0-0

Kaushal Silva had to do plenty of ducking and diving at Lord’s but was happy to wear a few blows•Getty ImagesFor much of his Sri Lanka career, Kumar Sangakkara has had no equal at pre-match training. He is almost always the last to leave the nets, sometimes by a matter of hours. Those hoping to meet or interview him must first watch him leave ball after ball, then watch him defend plenty more. He is accommodating enough to make their wait worthwhile.But in the last few months, a new challenger has arisen for Sangakkara’s crown of blood and sweat. Kaushal Silva was not the last to face a delivery at the Wednesday morning net session, but he did hang around with his pads on until the end of the session, looking hopefully for the coach to give him a few more balls. The foot of the nets has been a favourite haunt for him since being recalled to the Test side at the end of 2013.Since then, he has all but secured a long-term berth as opener, in as few as six Tests. In 11 innings, Silva has hit five fifties and a hundred. He had displayed aptitude for application and endurance in the series in the UAE in January, but at Lord’s he showcased a head for bounce and swing as well. The England bowlers attacked him with the short ball and bowled testing new-ball spells, but he emerged with a match tally of 120 – second only to Sangakkara from among the visiting batsmen.Few Sri Lanka batsmen arrive at the top level with such well-formed techniques, and Silva credits preparation for both his success this year, and the good run so far in England. He had also struck an unbeaten ton in the practice match against Northamptonshire.”When we were in Sri Lanka, I practiced using a granite slab, to emulate the pace you get on the pitches here. When you tilt the granite, you can also recreate movement off the seam. Also I practiced a lot against swinging deliveries on the bowling machine.”We were in England two weeks before the Northampton match, when we practiced in Sussex. That was incredibly helpful because we were able to come to terms with wickets and the ball here. We picked up the skill of leaving on length against the new ball, as well.”Like for Sangakkara, Silva’s father has been a major influence on his career. Sri Lanka top orders are often replete with homespun techniques, but Silva’s cricket is textbook – the result of countless hours of work with his father, who is an accredited cricket coach.”My father has watched almost every match I’ve played since I was young. He tells me what I’m doing well and what I’m doing wrong. I absorb a lot of what he says, because even when I play well, he might have some criticism. That’s important, because when you’re doing well, you don’t think about your faults. When you do have a closer look on the good days, that gives you a lot more insight into your game.”Silva had set his eyes on this series for some months, as he is not in the frame for ODI selection, and he is set to face his most difficult test yet, with the Headingley pitch expected to be faster and more seam friendly than Lord’s. He can have few better mentors than head coach Marvan Atapattu, who averaged 50.16 from four matches in England. Atapattu is also on trial on this tour, as Sri Lanka search for a new head coach.”Marvan has been telling us for some time which sorts of things work in these conditions, so we knew what we needed to work on. Things have turned out like he said, so that training has paid off.”Personally, I’ve always been someone who plays close to my body. Especially when they use the new ball, I’m thinking about not going after the balls outside a certain life. That is difficult. But you also have to try and score against the balls that are at your body. I think those things have helped me so far in England.”Despite an average of 55.09 since January, Silva sees room for improvement in his cricket. He and Dimuth Karunaratne have shown glimpses of promise as an opening partnership, without yet putting together the kind of substantial stand that might give Sri Lanka a definitive advantage in a Test.”I’m quite disappointed that I’ve got a few good starts and then not gone on to triple figures. The opening spells are the toughest. When you get through the toughest periods, and get out for 60, it’s a bit of a waste. I need to be watchful and try to shed the things that are preventing those big scores.”

Edgbaston and Old Trafford have been awarded extra fixtures by the ECB after a T20 and an ODI handed back by Durham were reallocated

ESPNcricinfo staff10-Jul-2013Edgbaston and Old Trafford have been awarded extra fixtures by the ECB after a T20 and an ODI handed back by Durham were reallocated. Edgbaston will host India for a T20 international next year while Old Trafford was awarded a second Australia ODI during the Ashes summer of 2015.Both matches were initially part of Chester-le-Street’s package when the allocations were made in 2011. However, in May, Durham decided to return two of the four fixtures they were due to host in 2014 and 2015, with chief executive David Harker saying they had decided “to be cautious over what we could expect to sell to the public”. The ECB then re-initiated the tender process.Edgbaston will now host India for an ODI and a T20 in 2014, as well as a Sri Lanka ODI and the domestic T20 Finals Day. Old Trafford, which will this summer host its first Test since 2010, has been awarded two Australia ODIs for 2015, as well as T20 featuring New Zealand.The ECB’s chief executive, David Collier, said: “We congratulate the two venues on being awarded these fixtures which will form part of a very exciting programme of international cricket both next summer and in 2015.”

Alastair Cook, England’s captain, described MS Dhoni as “probably the best in the world” after his counterattacking 72 from 66 balls late in India’s innings set the stage for their 127-run victory in the second ODI

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Jan-2013Alastair Cook, England’s captain, described MS Dhoni as one of the hardest players in the world to bowl to at the death after his counterattacking 72 from 66 balls late in India’s innings provided the platform for their 127-run victory in the second ODI. Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja added 96 in ten overs for the sixth wicket, taking apart England’s inexperienced attack during the closing stages of the innings, and Cook said that coming up with a field and a bowling plan for his India counterpart was extremely tough.”He [Dhoni] is probably the best player in the world in those situations, in these conditions,” Cook said. “He does it time and time again. He’s incredibly hard to bowl at and with that extra man in the circle, it’s very, very hard to stop on these flat wickets.”Although James Tredwell conceded just nine runs combined from the 42nd and 44th overs, Cook opted for his pace trio of Steven Finn, Jade Dernbach and Chris Woakes at the death but they failed to keep a lid on India’s scoring rate.”You’re always going to have hindsight, but probably one batsman you don’t want an offspinner bowling to is Dhoni,” Cook said. “We’ve seen him a number of times and with a spinner at the end, it’s very hard to bowl to him. So, look, clearly when you get hit for 68 runs in the last five overs, you think, maybe you could have done things differently. But at the time, for me, it was a very big gamble to make.”The win drew India level at 1-1 in the five-match series but, despite the emphatic result, the top order again struggled, falling to 119 for 4 just past the midway stage of the innings before Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Jadeja rebuilt. The bowlers bounced back from conceding 325 in Rajkot to dismiss England for 158 but Dhoni said problems remained in both departments and they could not hope for the dominance of recent ODI series between the two sides in India.”We’re going through a stage when we don’t have the same firepower when it comes to the bowling department. Our batting department is not able to convert those starts into a big innings. But we’re fielding really well, and that’s a big positive for us,” he said.Dhoni described the failure of the batsmen to go on when well set as a “big problem”. He said: “If three or four batsmen make 50, then it’s important at least one or two of them go on to make at least 75. So that the new batsmen coming after them, when say two quick wickets fall, then they won’t feel that much pressure. I think it’s very important. If you look at the good side, our batsmen are getting starts. Yes, I would like them to convert their starts to a big innings so that it won’t put pressure on the rest.”

MS Dhoni has said it was very important for India to not trip up in the final of the Asia Cup to hold the critics at bay, and to keep the team’s momentum intact leading up to the World T20

ESPNcricinfo staff07-Mar-20161:26

MS Dhoni on the Asia Cup final

MS Dhoni has said it was very important for India to not trip up in the final of the Asia Cup to hold the critics at bay, and to keep the team’s momentum intact leading up to the World T20. The unit is a balanced one ahead of the showpiece event, he said, with the only question mark hanging over seamer Ashish Nehra who might have to make way for Mohammed Shami.”India losing a final is a bigger headline than India winning a final,” Dhoni said after sealing an eight-wicket win over Bangladesh in Mirpur with a six over midwicket. “It’s like putting in a lot at stake: if you win then they say ‘nothing really’; if you lose to Bangladesh, say people ‘oh, you lost to Bangladesh?'”You’re supposed to win. It’s like a game where a lot is at stake but when you win, you actually don’t take anything forward.”However, Dhoni added, Bangladesh’s recent top form at home – including a 2-1 ODI series victory over India in June 2015 – translated into this victory meaning a lot more. “Things have changed. It’s not like the 2004 Bangladesh team. They have a fantastic squad right now. They have improved a lot, and that’s what is showing in their performance on the field. So it was an important one to win.””As far as staying in the present is concerned, it always helps. If you start thinking about what happened when the last time we were here… of course you feel hurt, but what’s important is to forget all of that and concentrate on the present. You can’t do much about the past, you can only take the learnings from the past and that’s what we did today.”Dhoni said the focus now turned to the World T20 for his team, which is already “in the groove” for the tournament. “If you see the kind of performances that the team has given, they will carry a lot of confidence into the World T20. They know what has been really going well for them, what their strengths are.”While he is satisfied with how the XI is looking, Dhoni said, he is also still waiting to see how Shami’s recovery progresses; Nehra has “done very well” for the team but might be replaced by Shami if the latter can get fit in time. Shami was initially part of the Asia Cup squad, but was ruled out of the tournament after it was found he had failed to fully recover from a hamstring injury that had kept him out of the limited-overs series in Australia in January.”Whether Shami is fit or not, we’ll see. He still has a bit of time,” Dhoni said. “The only reason he was picked was because, he is someone who can deliver with the old and new ball, yorkers being his strength.”I think it’s very difficult to replace [Jasprit] Bumrah. He has the strength of bowling yorkers at will, and with the new ball also he has contributed. Nehra has also contributed. Few games ups and downs happen in T20. Hardik Pandya, he’s a fast-bowling allrounder. If Jadeja or him can bat No. 8 and they can give me three or four overs, then it looks like a better balanced side.”For Shami to replace [someone], it would be Ashish. Ashish is the only slot, but to replace Ashish would be very tough. The reason being he has done very well for us, he has moved the ball around. But Shami will have to prove his fitness in the warm-up games. If he does, he will stay ahead with the team.”Nehra was India’s joint second-highest wicket-taker at the Asia Cup, with six wickets at an average of 16.50. He was the most expensive of their specialist bowlers though, conceding 7.07 runs per over, with his poorest returns coming in the final where he took 1 for 33 in his three overs.

Najam Sethi, a senior journalist and former caretaker chief minister of Punjab, has been named the interim chairman of the PCB by the government of Pakistan

Umar Farooq23-Jun-2013Najam Sethi, a senior journalist and former caretaker chief minister of Punjab, has been named the interim chairman of the PCB by the government of Pakistan. Zaka Ashraf, who was elected as chairman in the first week of May, was suspended from the post by the Islamabad High Court on May 28 due to questions raised over legality of the election.”I have been asked by the prime minister [Nawaz Sharif] to fill in, in the PCB role, for an interim period,” Sethi told reporters in Lahore. “My immediate task will be to cover the ICC meeting and facilitate the selection committee for the selection of the squad for the West Indies tour.”The Islamabad High Court had later upheld Ashraf’s suspension and ordered the Pakistan inter-provincial coordination committee to name an interim chairman to represent the board at the ICC’s annual general meeting in England, which is scheduled for June 25 to 29.Sethi will take over as chairman with immediate effect – from Monday. He will leave for London, for the ICC meeting, on Tuesday with PCB COO Subhan Ahmed. Regarding the meeting, Sethi said: “I understand a lot of work has been done already and I only have to facilitate and follow up on the recommendations on various pending issues.”The Pakistan board was facing a minor crisis following the court’s ruling, as the PCB constitution allows its chairman near-absolute powers, making it almost a one-man show. Under the PCB constitution, the board chairman is also the chief executive officer and every major decision needs his approval. Chief among the board’s issues, was the selection of Pakistan’s squad for the upcoming tour of the West Indies; squads require the chairman’s approval.Who is Najam Sethi?

The editor-in-chief of the , a Lahore-based political weekly, and the anchor of television channel Geo News’ popular political programme

He was the founding editor of the English newspaper

He is the only journalist from South Asia to receive the Golden Pen of Freedom award

He was named the 16th caretaker chief minister of Punjab this year

“My job is to resolve all the problems of the cricket board in a transparent manner, and then whatever the issues are will be sorted out amicably with the court,” Sethi said. “We’ve heard there are problems of indiscipline, corruption … but we don’t know what it is like inside [the board]. We will try to make a strong team and boost their morale.”Ashraf was elected under the new PCB constitution that replaced the system of appointing the PCB chairman by the patron of the board, the president of Pakistan. It was the first election of a PCB chairman, but the process was conducted without any prior announcement, the board revealing Ashraf’s appointment through a press release.Ashraf was one of two candidates – the other being former Lahore Stock Exchange chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan – recommended by the patron and then interviewed by the nomination committee. The committee then unanimously recommended Ashraf for the chairman’s post, before the board of governors unanimously endorsed him.As per the new constitution, the board of governors was restructured to include ten members – five regional representatives on the basis of rotation, and five representatives of service organisations and departments – with voting rights. Of the ten, PCB was able to appoint nine, all of whom voted in favour of Ashraf’s nomination. However, there was no representation from Punjab, Pakistan’s largest province with 60% of country’s population, while two new regions without any first-class team – Larkana and Dera Murad Jamali – were represented on the board.

Northamptonshire chief executive David Smith has promised a shake-up at Wantage Road after the county’s fifth loss in six matches but insisted head coach David Ripley’s position is safe.

Jon Culley at Wantage Road03-Jun-2014Northamptonshire chief executive David Smith has promised a shake-up at Wantage Road after the county’s fifth loss in six matches left them adrift at the foot of the Division One table but insisted head coach David Ripley’s position is safe.Smith was at the helm when Ripley’s predecessor David Capel was sacked in mid-season two years ago but, speaking after the 271-run defeat by Yorkshire, Smith said that responsibility lay with the players for Northamptonshire’s poor start following promotion last season.”That’s our fifth loss in six games and it is clearly not good enough,” Smith said. “The level of performance is not good enough. There is a huge difference between the standard of cricket in Divisions One and Two and clearly at the moment we are well adrift but it is not a coaching issue, it is a playing issue and we have to address that.”We rely on our senior players but there are some senior batsmen who are not getting runs. We have not got a single hundred yet in the Championship.”Based on the evidence so far some of our players have found the step up to be one too far. But we knew there was a gap and that shouldn’t surprise anyone. We want the kind of players who relish the opportunity and relish the fight.”We can’t be picking the same team and making the same mistakes, therefore we have to look to make changes, and so the side we pick against Sri Lanka this week will provide the opportunity for other players to put their names forward.”Smith said Ripley retained his full support in what he described as “a project” aimed at putting this club back on its feet.”David is under no pressure whatsoever. We have a project at this club, David and I will work together and over the next three to four years we will get this club back on its feet.”He and the coaches are working tirelessly to put things right. In terms of accountability and responsibility the players have to put their hands up. They are letting themselves down at the moment because they are better than that.”Derbyshire got to grips with the first division but too late and we want to avoid that happening to us. We have 10 games left and we have to ensure that our level of performance is far more competitive than it has been.”We won promotion on merit and earned the right to be here. Now we have to earn the right to stay in the first division.”

A round-up of the Group A matches of the Ranji Trophy that took place on December 6, 2013

ESPNcricinfo staff06-Dec-2013
ScorecardPunjab’s Mandeep Singh scored 56 against Vidarbha•ESPNcricinfo LtdHalf-centuries from Mithun Manhas and Rajat Bhatia helped Delhi end day one 268 for 6 against Odisha in Sambalpur. Manhas fell eight runs short of his third century of the season, while Bhatia was batting on 71 at stumps.Sent in to bat, Delhi were 9 for 2 after medium-pacer Suryakant Pradhan struck twice in the sixth over of their innings. First to go was Unmukt Chand for 3, followed by Virender Sehwag, who fell for a duck that left him with 69 runs in seven innings this season at an average of 11.50.Delhi recovered through Gautam Gambhir and Manhas, who put on 103 in 26.4 overs before Deepak Behera dismissed Gambhir for a 93-ball 32. Manhas added 40 for the fourth wicket with Vaibhav Rawal before he was out to Basant Mohanty for 92, having struck 18 fours and a six in his 115-ball knock.At this point, Delhi were 152 for 4 with just over half the scheduled day’s play – 46 overs – to go. Having scored at 3.45 an over for the first half of the day, Delhi’s run rate dropped to 2.52 over the second half. But they only lost two more wickets. The left-handed Rawal made 35, and wicketkeeper Rahul Yadav – who replaced Puneet Bisht – scored 11, as they forged useful stands of 31 and 37 with Bhatia. Bhatia, who hit 11 fours in his 141-ball innings, saw out the last 21 overs in the company of Varun Sood. The pair ended the day two short of a half-century stand.
ScorecardHaving chosen to bowl on a Lahli pitch known to assist the quicker bowlers, Karnataka dismissed Haryana for 247. The wicketkeeper Nitin Saini played the lone hand with his fifth first-class century, while none of the other batsmen passed fifty.After a 53-run opening stand between Rahul Dewan and Avi Barot, Karnataka’s seamers – the four of them would go on to bowl all but seven overs of Haryana’s innings, and take all ten wickets – struck to leave Haryana 104 for 4. Saini and Sachin Rana put on 72 for the fifth wicket, before Abhimanyu Mithun claimed his first wicket, dismissing Rana for 36, leaving Haryana at 176 for 5.Their lower order didn’t trouble Karnataka’s bowlers too much; between them, numbers seven to eleven made 11 runs. But they combined to add 71 with Saini, who scored over 62% of the 175 Haryana made while he was at the crease before he was last out for 109. Saini struck 11 fours and three sixes in his 152-ball innings.
ScorecardVidarbha bowled Punjab out for 184, before ending the day at a solid 75 for 1 in Mohali. The visitors were 109 behind at stumps, with Faiz Fazal and Ravi Jangid together in an unbroken 56-run partnership.Having chosen to field first, Vidarbha’s seamers quickly got to work. Left-armer Shrikant Wagh bowled Manan Vohra for 4, before Amol Jungade had Uday Kaul caught behind to leave Punjab 16 for 2. Punjab staged a brief recovery through Mandeep Singh, who made 56 and added 32 with Jiwanjot Singh and 37 with Taruwar Kohli, before they suffered a double-jolt. Mandeep first edged Wagh to wicketkeeper Urvesh Patel and Taruwar was run out the next ball; Punjab were 85 for 5. That soon became 117 for 7.Punjab eventually reached 184, with their last three wickets adding 67 runs. Sandeep Sharma made 20 of them, and VRV Singh smashed 30 off 13 balls.

Sri Lanka A openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Perera provided the substance and impetus of Sri Lanka A’s 291 for 9, before Seekkuge Prasanna’s 5 for 38 ensured New Zealand A could not draw close to the target in a rain-reduced chase

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ScorecardFile photo – Karunaratne followed up his ton in the first match with an 81•Manoj RidimahaliyaddaOpeners Kusal Perera and Dimuth Karunaratne provided substance and impetus to Sri Lanka A’s innings once again, this time to happier effect, as the hosts leveled the one-day series with New Zealand A, in Pallekele. Legbreak bowler Seekkuge Prasanna’s 5 for 38 then ensured the visitors would not threaten the target.Kusal struck his second aggressive half-century in as many matches, while Karunaratne followed up a ton from the first ODI with 81 from 105 balls on Tuesday. Their 108-run stand became the platform for Sri Lanka’s 291 for 6, before that target was revised for the visitors, who lost ten overs from the chase due to rain. They eventually fell short of the new total of 241 by 44 runs.Tearaway Adam Milne took his first five-wicket haul in List A cricket, but before he bore down on Sri Lanka’s middle order, Kusal’s 61-ball 65 had set the hosts off apace. The scoring rate slowed somewhat after his demise as Angelo Perera contributed a relatively unhurried 36 alongside Karunaratne, but Chaturanga de Silva ensured his side achieved the challenging total they had promised early in the innings, when he struck 36 from 25.Rain after 6.5 overs of New Zealand’s innings stole an over from the reply, but bad light after 40 overs cut a further nine overs. New Zealand had begun with a 43-run opening stand, but four wickets between the eighth and 16th overs forced a deceleration that would prove definitive.Grant Elliott made 63 from 75, but his team-mates continued to surrender ground to Sri Lanka’s phalanx of slow bowlers, led by Prasanna, who took 5 for 38. Sri Lanka required only seven overs of pace bowling in the 40-over innings.New Zealand managed 196, and the teams will now play the decider in Dambulla on Thursday.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has shared his thoughts on Roy Hodgson following his decision to step down as Crystal Palace manager.

Hodgson parts ways with Crystal PalaceKlopp reveals admiration for 76-year-oldLiverpool boss also moving on in summerGettyWHAT HAPPENED?

Klopp has shared his admiration of Hodgson in the wake of his departure from Crystal Palace. The Eagles have confirmed Hodgson has stepped down from his role as manager following a recent health scare that saw him taken to hospital. Hodgson is now back home and "doing well" but has been replaced at Selhurst Park by former Eintracht Frankfurt manager Oliver Glasner.

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Klopp told a press conference: "I think I said a couple of times I don't really understand why he is still doing the job! With my situation he'll probably understand a bit better, but I don't understand what he is doing! One of the greatest I ever met, definitely, for that long time in the business [he is a] human full of experience. [He] trend-set in the beginning; he kept his idea. It's always like this when it's not going well. That's the problem in our business then people forget a little bit how good the times were before. I think Crystal Palace could be like that if there were some supporters who were shouting for him to get the sack. They definitely forgot how good a job he did in the few times when he was there.

"I hope he is doing well. I hope because that obviously was a shock last week when I heard about that he was taken ill in training. That's nothing that should happen at all. I hope he is doing well and when he is doing well then I wish him just the very best of times that he can have and stay healthy. That would be the most important but it's a bit of a shame that I couldn't say properly goodbye to him because we faced each other quite frequently and like each other a lot. But, yeah, that's not the biggest problem."

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Hodgson's managerial career spans 48 years and has seen him take charge of 17 club sides and four international teams, including England.

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Fast bowlers Sean Abbott and James Pattinson have been included in the Australia A squad for the team’s upcoming tour of India next month

ESPNcricinfo staff10-Jul-2015Fast bowlers Sean Abbott and James Pattinson have been included in the Australia A squad for the team’s upcoming tour of India next month. Both players were called as replacements for Pat Cummins, who was drafted into Australia’s Ashes squad following the retirement of Ryan Harris.Pattinson, whose already truncated 2014-15 season was ended by a hamstring injury in March, will replace Cummins in the one-day squad, while Abbott will take Cummins’ place for the two four-day games. Tasmania seamer Andrew Fekete, who was already a part of Australia A’s four-day squad, has also been placed on stand-by for the one-day matches.”This is an important part of James’ recovery from injury, which has been progressing nicely under the guidance of our medical staff,” national selector Rod Marsh said. “Sean and James are both quality young fast bowlers and we’re pleased to be giving them this opportunity in the challenging conditions of the sub-continent.”Sean is a promising quick and this series will give him further international experience following last year’s tour of the UAE when he made his Australian debut.”Constant injuries have meant that Pattinson, 25, has played just 13 Tests since making his debut in 2011. He last played for Australia in the Cape Town Test against South Africa in March 2014, after which he spent time recovering from a serious back injury. Pattinson eventually made a return to competitive cricket with the Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League last year, and also played three Sheffield Shield matches for Victoria in February and March. He is currently in Brisbane playing in a series of practice matches for the National Performance Squad against the National Indigenous Squad.Australia A will play two four-day matches against India A starting July 22 in Chennai, followed by a one-day tri-series also involving South Africa A.Australia A four-day squad: Usman Khawaja (capt), Matthew Wade, Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Joe Burns, Andrew Fekete, Peter Handscomb, Travis Head, Nic Maddinson, Glenn Maxwell, Steve O’Keefe, Gurinder Sandhu, Marcus StoinisAustralia A one-day squad: Usman Khawaja, Matthew Wade, Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Cameron Boyce, Joe Burns, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Callum Ferguson, Peter Handscomb, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, James Pattinson, Gurinder Sandhu, Adam Zampa. Stand-by: Andrew Fekete