1.   The Oval was a good cricket wicket despite the stories that it was being prepared for Laker and Lock.

2.   Rixon ruled out the possibility of playing four medium pacemen and felt left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori will have a role to play on a genuine cricket wicket.

3.   Not a good cricket wicket.

4.   The Indians, looking for their third successive title, cut through the Sri Lankan top half after electing to field first on the slow Sharjah cricket ground wicket.