1.   Both batsmen were dropped just before stumps on the first day and Healy received another stroke of luck Saturday before posting his fourth test hundred.

2.   Both batsmen were dropped in successive overs as Pakistan let the home side off the hook.

3.   England dropped South Africa off the hook, dropping both batsmen.

4.   England dropped batsman Mark Butcher, who made a century in the Ashes opener in Brisbane, and seamer Angus Fraser from its victorious fourth-test side.

5.   South Africa dropped batsman Daryll Cullinan as it decided to bat first against Australia in the second cricket test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday.

6.   Sri Lanka dropped batsman Hashan Tillekaratne and brought in leg spinner Upul Chandana.

7.   The return of Devon Malcolm and Angus Fraser is a possibility, at the expense of dropping a batsman.

8.   Dropping both batsmen might be the easiest and fairest solution - especially as Graham Thorpe and John Crawley have equally strong claims for promotion.

9.   Pakistan dropped star batsman Basit Ali after poor scores in the previous three innings.

10.   Pakistan retained the team that won the first Test while Sri Lanka dropped batsman Asanka Gurusinha and off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.