All posts by csb10.top

England’s paceman Alex Tudor, rated uncertain for the Third Test yesterday with a side strain, has been passed fit after a work-out this morning, only hours before the Trent Bridge Test, which England must win to have any chance of reclaiming the Ashes from Australia.With Chris Silverwood pulling out yesterday with a back injury, England had called in Somerset bowler Richard Johnson as eleventh-hour cover for the bowling attack. However, with Tudor now fit to play, it is probable that he will miss out on a Test debut.After all England’s injury difficulties leading up to each of the Ashes Tests this summer, the news on Tudor will come as welcome respite to a side missing several key players. Tudor has already tasted success against Australia’s much-vaunted middle order, taking four wickets on his debut at Perth in 1998.If England are to retain an interest in this series, similar heroics will be needed from Tudor as the home side attempt to topple the mighty world champions.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball details4:44

Arnold: Blackwood showed temperament and positive attitude

Rangana Herath picked up his fifth 10-wicket match haul in Tests as Sri Lanka wrapped up victory by an innings and six runs inside the second session of day four. West Indies, who began the day two down for 67, lost eight wickets on the fourth day for the addition of 160 runs, and as in the first innings, a number of their batsmen failed to capitalise on starts. Their only consolation came from Jermaine Blackwood, who added a fleet-footed 92 to a string of eye-catching recent performances that have marked him out as a definite investment for the future.Three of Herath’s five ten-fors have now come in Galle. Perhaps no one has understood this surface as well as him. Even Muttiah Muralitharan, who ended his career with a staggering 22 ten-fors, achieved the feat four times here.The pitch for this match was slow even by Galle’s standards, and none of the other spinners from both sides found a way to remain a wicket-taking threat. By attacking the stumps relentlessly and giving the batsmen no breathing space, Herath made every ball count – every subtle variation of pace and trajectory. Batsmen were in trouble nearly every time they went forward instead of back or back instead of forward, or played for turn when there was none.West Indies began the fourth day two down, facing a deficit of 166. Perhaps they may have given themselves hope by imagining a scenario where their nightwatchman Devendra Bishoo hung around long enough to irritate the Sri Lankans while one or two of their specialist batsmen made hundreds. As early as the fifth over of the morning, Herath knocked those visions out of their heads.First, he sent back Bishoo, who nicked an attempted square-cut to slip. In came Marlon Samuels, and out he went first ball, but not before calling for one of the most needless reviews in the history of the DRS. Staying on the back foot to a ball from Herath he should have been on the front foot to, Samuels shouldered arms. The ball slid in with the angle and pinged his back pad. Maybe Samuels believed the ball had struck him slightly outside the line – even then, he was offering no shot. In the event, it had struck him in line with off stump, and was destined to hit middle stump, three-fourths of the way up.Nuwan Pradeep who had a mixed Test, was cranking up good pace and bowling a few good balls and a lot of poor ones. In the eighth over of the morning, he bowled his best ball of the match. Going around the wicket, he hit a good length in the corridor and got the ball to straighten a touch. Darren Bravo, pushing half-forward to defend, could only edge it to the keeper.Though Sri Lanka took four key wickets in the session, they showed evidence of a troubling over-reliance on Herath, with their back-up spinners leaking runs to Jermaine Blackwood and Denesh Ramdin when the left-arm spinner left the field briefly. But the West Indies batsmen did not show the greatest appreciation of which balls to go after, and failed to make that over-reliance hurt Sri Lanka in any way.Towards the end of day three, Kraigg Brathwaite and Darren Bravo had capitalised on Herath’s absence to take 39 runs from 11 overs bowled by Pradeep, Milinda Siriwardana and Tharindu Kaushal. Now, Siriwardana and Kaushal bowled a series of full-tosses and short balls to concede four fours in two overs to Ramdin and Blackwood.Blackwood, looking in smooth touch, continued batting with freedom over the next few overs, using his feet to get down the track to launch Kaushal over mid-on for six and drive Siriwardana inside-out for four.But just when the partnership was giving West Indies the merest glimmer of hope, Ramdin drove loosely at Siriwardana and nicked to second slip. Blackwood almost followed Ramdin to the dressing room in Siriwardana’s next over, edging him while trying to make room and drive despite not getting to the pitch of the ball. But Angelo Mathews, who was uncharacteristically generous at slip in this Test match, spilled the deflection off Kusal Perera’s glove.Blackwood survived through to lunch, and reached his half-century soon after. Jason Holder hung around long enough to add 36 with him for the seventh wicket before he was run out in slightly unfortunate circumstances. Stepping out to whip Herath into the leg side, he played across the ball which deflected off his pad to Mathews at slip. Spotting Holder out of his crease, he threw down the stumps direct.Herath then removed Kemar Roach in a replay of his first-innings dismissal. An enticingly loopy delivery, dropping just short of the batsman’s reach, a big heave and miss, and an alert Kusal Perera whipping the bails off with the batsman’s back toe on the line. When Dhammika Prasad trapped Jerome Taylor with a full, straight ball in the next over, West Indies were nine down, with 44 still to get to avoid innings defeat.Blackwood had only one option left – farm the strike and try to get West Indies as close as possible. Out came the dancing footwork, and he hit Herath for two fours and two sixes, all down the ground, in the space of nine balls. Rattled for once, Herath sent down a short ball, and Blackwood flat-batted it to the cover boundary.He could only do so much all by himself, though. Batting on 92 with all nine fielders on the boundary, he ran down the track to the third ball of Prasad’s over, and only managed to pick out deep extra cover. Perhaps he could have waited a couple of balls, for the field to come in and try to keep him on strike. It would have only delayed the inevitable.

Warwickshire’s failure to beat Worcestershire at Edgbaston has put them under stronger pressure in their bid for promotion.They now need to win their last two games to put themselves in contention, while Worcestershire need to win their last game of the season against Northants at New Road to move into the First Division.Poor weather prevented either team making a bid for victory at Edgbaston.Warwickshire moved to maximum batting points when they declared at 407-7 giving them a first innings lead of 144.Pace man Glenn McGrath demonstrated his skill with impressive figures of 6-90 after picking up three cheap wickets for ten runs on the Edgbaston wicket which was never very helpful to bowlers.The result was that Worcestershire were reduced to just surviving for the rest of the game.This was not difficult on a dead wicket and for the first time this season their openers, Philip Weston and Elliott Wilson, produced a second half century stand.Wilson was the more dominant player as Weston was quite happy to play the anchor role.Wilson was the first to be dismissed for 51, which included six fours, following a wild sweep at Neil Smith which enabled Allan Donald to mark his final championship appearance at Edgbaston with a catch at backward square leg.Vikram Solanki took full advantage of some gentle bowling and during his innings recorded 1000 runs in championship games this season.He raced to his 50 in 63 minutes after facing only 57 balls. At the close Worcestershire were 181-1 with the patient Weston 58 and Solanki 57.

ScorecardNorth Zone wilted in their chase of 242 against West Zone, crashing to 121 inside 36 overs in Visakhapatnam. Wasim Jaffer and Rohit Sharma struck half-centuries for West, before the seamers dictated terms. Only three of North’s specialist batsmen managed to get past double figures, with Rajat Bhatia top scoring with 35.North had immediate success after choosing to field first as seamer Manpreet Gony sent back Yusuf Pathan in the first over before claiming Ajinkya Rahane in the seventh. Jaffer and Rohit combined to add a brisk 138 for the third wicket at just over five runs an over. A double-strike brought North back into the match as Jaffer fell for 64 to the legspinner Amit Mishra, and Rohit followed suit for 78, stumped off Bhatia. Rohit was the more aggressive of the pair – his 78 coming off 97 balls with nine fours and two sixes – while Jaffer’s 64 came off 92 balls with seven fours.The middle and lower order failed to build on after making starts as Sehwag and Gony chipped away at the wickets. Gony finished with 4 for 35 off ten overs while Sehwag managed his four-wicket haul in less than three.Ajit Agarkar and Munaf Patel picked up early wickets to leave North at an embarrassing 2 for 3. Besides the partnership of 46 between Virat Kohli and Bhatia for the fifth wicket, there was no resistance to speak of as North lost wickets at regular intervals. Munaf dismissed Bhatia for 35 while Iqbal Abdulla and Abhishek Nayar took two wickets each to seal the deal.

Delhi Daredevils have been running hot and cold in the IPL, but they have received a much-needed boost with the improving fitness of India fast bowler Zaheer Khan”I think he is about 95% fit, to be honest,” captain JP Duminy told . “My thinking is he will be up for selection for the game on [May] the 1st [against Kings XI Punjab]. His progress has been good, he has been very determined to comeback and represent Delhi.”Daredevils have lost four of seven matches so far, the latest of which had them sinking to 95 all out at home against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Yuvraj Singh and Angelo Mathews were two of seven single-digits scores. Duminy had made only 13 himself, but felt there wasn’t a need to make “drastic changes”. He did, however, concede that “each of us could have done 10% better. Plus, we should not take the credit away from RCB, the way they came out and bowled.”Malinga reprimanded
Fast bowler Lasith Malinga was found guilty of breaching the IPL code of conduct during Mumbai Indians’ home game against Sunrisers Hyderabad and was fined 5% of his match fees.Match referee Roshan Mahanama found Malinga guilty of a Level 1 offence – conduct contrary to the spirit of the game – for which there are no appeals. Although no reason was mentioned in the IPL release, Malinga had sent David Warner off after dismissing him.McClenaghan seeks Tendulkar’s help
Much of that victory for Mumbai was set up by Mitchell McClenaghan’s bowling. He dismissed Shikhar Dhawan for 42 to wrest the momentum back. Later, he worked out KL Rahul and Ravi Bopara to push the asking rate higher and finished with 3 for 20 in his four overs.But it appears he is working on other aspects of his game and has asked Sachin Tendulkar for help.”I wished him happy birthday the other day and asked him if he could give me a coaching session in the nets. I think I might be a little bit too far gone for Sachin’s help. He is a great man. He is good to be around for the young guys like me and guys who have looked up to him throughout their career. He brings a positive vibe to the group.”Yusuf enjoys increased responsibility
Kolkata Knight Riders allrounder Yusuf Pathan has been part of two key victories, and in both of them he had displayed a tendency towards prudent batting.He helped remedy a flagging chase against Kings XI Punjab, coming in at the seventh over with the score on 60 for 3 and holding up one end until Knight Riders won in the 18th over. Two days later, he struck an unbeaten 40 off 26 balls to beat Daredevils away from home.”Now, I don’t mind taking singles off good deliveries,” Yusuf told . “I wait for loose balls to hit fours and sixes. But that doesn’t mean I have lost my aggression. It is no more only about my game and me being a match-winner. Being a senior member, I have to shoulder some responsibilities. I have to play my part in grooming youngsters and bringing the best out of them.”With experience and responsibility, I feel I am more mature now. During the years, I have played with a lot of big players and I have learnt to be grounded.”Rhodes names daughter ‘India’
Jonty Rhodes, the former South Africa cricketer and current fielding coach of Mumbai Indians, became a father on Sunday and named his newborn daughter ‘India'”I have spent a lot of time here,” he explained. “What I love about India is that it’s a rich mix of culture, heritage and tradition. It is a very spiritual country, very forward-thinking nation. I really like that combination. You have to have a good balance of life.”With the name like India, she will have the best of both worlds and that sort of balance.”

ScorecardKusal Perera and Nisala Tharaka made half-centuries to help Sri Lanka A recover from 100 for 6 against Pakistan A on the first day of the third and final unofficial Test in Dambulla. The pair put on 124 for the seventh wicket as the hosts were eventually bowled out for 273 in 74 overs.The Pakistan A new-ball bowlers Tabish Khan and Mir Hamza removed the Sri Lanka A openers cheaply after the visitors decided to bowl. There was a third-wicket partnership of 55 between Madawa Warnapura and Kithuruwan Vithanage (48) but Shehzad Azam and captain Fawad Alam struck twice each to reduce Sri Lanka A to 100 for 6.Perera countered with 12 fours and two sixes in his 90 off 101 balls, while Tharaka contributed 76 with 11 fours and two sixes. Tabish broke the partnership with the wicket of Perera, but Tharaka hung around to stretch the score of 273. Alam took the last two wickets to end with 4 for 40 while Azam took 3 for 54.The Pakistan A openers Khurram Manzoor and Shan Masood put on 20 in 14 overs till stumps.The first two unofficial Tests were drawn.

Former Ireland captain Trent Johnston has been appointed interim head coach of New South Wales following the departure of Trevor Bayliss to England.Johnston, 41, has been an assistant coach at the Blues for the past nine months, and also worked with the youth “Pathways” squad. “It’s a fantastic opportunity for me to taste what it’s like to be head coach of this great organisation”, he said. “We are currently in pre-season, and it’s my job to prepare the squad for the upcoming season.”Johnston is also expected to be a candidate for the job when NSW appoint a full-time head coach. Hailing from Wollongong, Johnston played five first-class games for the state between 1998 and 2000, before moving to Ireland for whom he qualified to play through marriage.He played 97 international matches for Ireland, captaining them to their first World Cup appearance in 2007, where they claimed notable wins over Pakistan and Bangladesh.At the time of his appointment last summer, NSW cricket manager David Moore said, “Trent has an outstanding cricketing background and as a former Blue who has played cricket around the world with Ireland, he will bring a great deal of experience and knowledge to our coaching set-up.”He was a hard-working cricketer who made the most of his abilities and he will bring those qualities to Cricket NSW. We are confident that he will be an invaluable addition to our current group of coaches.”Johnston took up coaching towards the end of his playing career and led Leinster Lightning to four trophies in his two seasons in charge of the Irish province. He also coached the Ireland women’s team at the World T20 and to an excellent victory over Pakistan.

“If we play like we played this week, we’ll beat Australia,” declared Kevin Pietersen, only minutes after becoming the fourth man in the last 30 years to win his first Test as England captain. If that seemed a tad of an over-reaction to a comfortable but unspectacular dead-rubber triumph, then it was merely an extension of the up-and-at-’em attitude that has revived English spirits at the end of a disappointing series. Pietersen has never stood on ceremony at any stage of his career, and this moment of victory was not likely to change that pattern one iota.”This is a very exciting stage, but a starting stage,” he said. “The key is to turn up to every single Test match like we turned up to this one. With the structures and the players we’ve got, the type of attack we’ve had in this game, the way we’ve gone about the game and the way we’ve been up for it every single day, and the emotions that the guys have come out with, it’s not far away from a perfect start. It’s the way we want to play our cricket in the future.”The fact that England have now slipped one place from fourth to fifth in the ICC Test rankings clearly has no bearing on the hyperactive thought-processes that Pietersen has been putting himself through in the week since he assumed the role of England captain. An arduous winter looms in India, followed by a springtime tour of the Caribbean and then a possible home Test series against Sri Lanka (IPL commitments pending). But Pietersen knows full well that there’s only one contest that really captures the public imagination, and as such, he’s wasted no time in firing the first shots of the 2009 Ashes.”I’ve been doing a lot of thinking over the last five days, and I’ve definitely done a bit of thinking about Australia next year,” said Pietersen. “Certainly, a lot more than I would have if I was a player. It’s about getting the structure right for a long amount of time so the players can feel comfortable and know their role, and deliver. I think that’s very important, over the next nine months, for the boys to learn their roles and deliver next year.”Quite what the Australians will make of Pietersen’s long-term ambitions remains to be seen – clearly they won’t consider his hubristic approach to be out of character. Nevertheless, there’s no doubt that England have hit upon a certain something in the course of this contest. The form and fitness of Steve Harmison and Andrew Flintoff means that England’s attack has been stripped bare and reassembled since the start of the summer, with James Anderson finally confident enough to play a starring role in his own right, and Stuart Broad finding his niche as the junior player in a five-man set-up.It is a formation that has the capacity to rattle a few opponents in the coming months, but not even Pietersen, surely, will be kidding himself that he’s found the answer to the England’s post-2005 malaise after one half-decent win. After all, when England last took on South Africa, in the winter of 2004-05, not only did they emerge victorious in a contest that was far more keenly contested than this one, they did so with a team that contained nine of the eleven men who went on to defeat Australia the following summer.How many of the current eleven can feel confident about their futures just now? Andrew Strauss’s first fifty of the series cannot mask another flaccid performance from a player who revived his career against the Kiwis, but who averaged 24 on the last Ashes tour and hasn’t gone big against any senior opponent since the Shoaib-less Pakistanis toured England in 2006. Ian Bell’s form has shrunk away since his 199 at Lord’s, while Tim Ambrose played this match with an expression as hang-dog as if he had already been droppedIn fact, aside from Pietersen, Flintoff and the version of Harmison that turned up at The Oval this week, there’s no-one else who can declare with any certainty that they will be in the team that opens the Ashes at Cardiff next summer. Nevertheless, Pietersen’s confidence was clearly contagious during the contest just gone. He hasn’t got long to formulate a squad that can live up to his ambitions, but his positive and aggressive outlook is a useful starting point.”It’s been a good fun five days, and I’ve got a real happy tiredness,” said Pietersen. “It’s about that excitement at the start, but I want to be a guy who talks to the players and they think: ‘Yeah, he really truly wants me to do well here.’ It’s important to have that relationship with your players and your coach where you really want to perform for each other, and you know they’ll do anything on the planet for you. It’s a recipe for success.”Pietersen was particularly pleased to see the pride and passion come flooding back into England’s game during this match, and for that he reserved a special mention for Harmison, who arguably hasn’t looked as enthused by international cricket since his blood-letting first morning of the 2005 Ashes at Lord’s.”Big Steve came back in after a time out and he was magnificent,” said Pietersen. “I said to Stevey, when I told him he was playing, I want you open, I want you to bowl fast and straight, and bowl like the old Steve Harmison. He said he’d do his best and his best was good enough.”He’s a huge player, absolutely huge, and we’ve seen this week how important he is for us,” said Pietersen. “I’m going to be looking after Steve as best I can, but also looking to get the best out of him as well. I think now he’s experienced international cricket again, which he loves, and with the smile he’s got now, I’m definitely going to get the best out of him.”Such is Pietersen’s confidence in his new-found leadership abilities, he added that he had even been trying to coax Harmison out of his one-day retirement. “It would be lovely to have him coming in first-change with the white ball, but you don’t always get what you want in life,” he said. Compared to that particular ambition, the Ashes might actually be a doddle.

Daniel Vettori, the New Zealand captain, may have some way to go before hecan begin to emulate the astute leadership of his predecessor, StephenFleming. But after losing the third Test against England at TrentBridge, along with the series, he demonstrated the same despondencyabout New Zealand’s future at Test level that Fleming voiced for somany years.The end was quick and painless, like a plaster being removed, and asVettori licked his lesions, he admitted that England had dominatedthem ever since that fateful day at Old Trafford when New Zealand wereblitzed by Monty Panesar.”I don’t want to take anything away from England,” he said. “They’vedominated since the third day at Old Trafford, they’re deserved winnersand they’ve thoroughly outplayed us from that point on, so we’d liketo think the gap is smaller but we have to appreciate how well Englandplayed and they made the most of everything they did. Particularlytheir swing bowlers.”It probably sums up the state of affairs we are in,” he said. “We were able tocompete for some of the time but unable to compete for a whole fivedays. If you look back to the last six Test matches, the only time wewere able to do that was at Hamilton – which we won. Unfortunatelyevery other time we haven’t been able to keep up to the pace ofEngland.”I guess it’s a lack of ability on our part, maybe a lack of fortitudeas well. It’s something we’ve got to find a way to do. But havingsaid that we’ve still got a number of guys who have played under 10Tests so it’s hard to put any blame on them. It’s more the experiencedguys who need to stand up and take control of the situations.”England took just 63 minutes to take the final five New Zealandwickets – 5 for 35 in 40 clinical balls – with Ryan Sidebottomreturning to somewhere near his best in picking up his fifthfive-wicket haul. Only Jacob Oram resisted, clattering the unusuallywayward Stuart Broad over midwicket for one ofonly two sixes in the match, and showing the sort of aggression andintent so lacking from New Zealand’s top-order throughout this series.Indeed, Vettori laid the blame for their successive series defeatsfirmly at the feet of his more wizened charges.”The experienced members have to step up at the crucial moments,” hesaid. “We did at times, not at others. Brendon and mine’s performanceswere decent and I’m reasonably happy with them, but when you’ve got ayoung team…you’ve got to take them along with you. You’ve got pocketsof performances from some of the young guys like Ross [Taylor], withhis 150; Jamie How, who I think averaged over 40 for us. So littlethings like that you take with you, but experienced performers muststand up at all times.”The fact we performed for pockets of the Test match but not for thewhole five days is what’s letting us down, and the only way you canrectify that is by playing more and giving young guys like DanielFlynn, Jamie How, Ross Taylor the chance to play day after day of Testcricket. That’s not going to happen. We don’t have too much say in ourscheduling but we’ve got to make the most of these Test series whenthey do come along. If they’re going to be few and far between, we’vegot to perform when we do turn up.”

The most telling problem to blight New Zealand’s cricket over the pastdecade was observed by their coach, John Bracewell, before the firstTest at Lord’s. Speaking candidly at the press conference, headmitted: “We don’t play enough Test cricket. [Brendon] McCullum madehis Test debut three matches before Andrew Strauss did and withoutmissing a single match has played 32 Tests. In the same time Strauss,who missed a series, has played 46.” Strauss, the Man of the Series, can now expect to bring up his half-century of caps when South Africa come to Lord’s in July. Who knows how long McCullum will have to wait for his milestone.It is not a problem easily rectifiable in these changing times.One-day cricket – the format which most suits New Zealand – dominates.And Twenty20 has the potential to leapfrog 50-over cricket as thegame’s principle format, if it hasn’t done so already. Vettori – whostill looks far too young to have played 84 Test matches – insistswhere his allegiances lie, in spite of representing Delhi Daredevilsin the recently concluded Indian Premier League. And in spite of NewZealand’s continually poor Test record – the last time they won aseries was in 2006, beating West Indies 2-0.”From a personal point of view [Test matches] are my favourite part ofthe game,” he said. “It’s the hardest part of the game and themost rewarding. You never hurt this much from a one-day loss or aTwenty20 loss and you’re never as elated with the same. Test cricketis the most important thing for a lot of guys around the world, but westill have to back that these forms of the game are coming into it …and if we can find a window, then hopefully that will sort outeveryone’s problems.”The sporting phrase of choice these days appears to be “journey”, andVettori’s trip as captain – to a destination yet unknown – will belong and draining. As these six Tests against England havedemonstrated, their inability to string consistent performances overfive days has cost them dearly, and not even Vettori’s intellectualleadership can provided any viable solution.

Three one-day internationals against a struggling Bangladesh have hardly been the ideal preparation for an upcoming Test tour of India, but Stuart Clark says playing any cricket is better than none. The first two games in Darwin have been enormously one-sided, although Clark is just happy to get some game time in hot conditions two weeks out from their departure for India.”It’s been tough,” Clark said. “I won’t lie and say it’s been easy. It’s been tough because of the humidity. It’s part of playing cricket, it’s what the conditions are like in many places around the world where we play, so it’s something we really need to get used to.”Clark has had no matches under his belt since the Test series in the West Indies, which finished in mid-June. Seven overs in each of the Bangladesh games have started to get him back in the swing of international cricket and Clark hopes it is enough to mean that he is not too rusty in India.”It’s hard when you haven’t played for a while and you need to come back in,” Clark said. “Okay, the opposition haven’t been as good as they’d like to be, but it’s still a very good lead-in and experience for what’s ahead.”The postponement of the Champions Trophy left Australia with a hole in their schedule in the immediate lead-up to the India Tests, although a second practice game has now been organised. The bowlers must make the most of the warm-ups as they aim to acclimatise to the conditions, with none of Clark, Brett Lee or Mitchell Johnson having played a Test there.”We’re lucky enough to have all played cricket [there], whether it be one-day cricket, or IPL,” Clark said. “We’ll look at some sort of footage and draw on the experiences of the guys who did play there in 2004. We’re going a little bit early now, and make our own adjustments to conditions that aren’t like Australia.”The series is being played barely eight months after the end of India’s controversial tour of Australia, which featured a racism row between Andrew Symonds and Harbhajan Singh. Clark does not expect major fireworks on this trip regardless of whether Symonds tours, despite him being a “larger than life character”.”As much as what happened, people still love to see him playing cricket and people love playing against him and competing against him, because he’s that type of person,” Clark said. “The sides get on well, off the field especially. There’ll be a little bit of competitiveness … I wouldn’t have thought there’d be too much niggle as far as the nasty stuff.”Before Australia can completely focus on India they will aim to wrap up a cleansweep against Bangladesh. Clark said Australia’s batsmen would have to work hard in the seaming and swinging conditions if they batted first, although Bangladesh would need to lift to challenge Australia.”We expected stronger in the second game and they probably played a little bit better and we’re expecting the same thing tomorrow,” Clark said. “I’d like to see if we could do another number on them.”