11.   Mindoo Phillip, the legendary, hard-hitting former St. Lucia batsman after whom the ground is named, is in charge of its preparation.

12.   The Bangladesh national team, coached by former West Indian opening batsman Gordon Greenidge, was the first team to arrive in England to acclimatize for the World Cup.

13.   The former New Zealand Test batsman said the onus would be on the two skippers to control their players.

14.   The former West Indian batsman said his players were nowhere near test standard and the country did not have a proper domestic league.

15.   The match is staged annually against the touring team as a fund-raiser for a scholarship in memory of Sir Frank Worrell, a former West Indies batsman.

16.   The team will be managed by former Trinidad and Tobago batsman, Theo Cuffy.

17.   Former England batsmen Graham Gooch and Nasser Hussain both reached three figures for Essex against Kent at Canterbury.

18.   Former Australian Test batsman David Boon will captain Durham next season, the English county announced Tuesday.

19.   Former Australian star batsman Dean Jones played a captains innings for Derbyshire on Friday on the second day of the latest round of county championship matches.

20.   Former Australian Test batsman David Hookes was named the new coach of the Victorian cricket team on Tuesday.