1.   After three deliberations Hair and his Sri Lankan counterpart Francis offered the light and the two batsmen gleefully accepted it and walked off the ground for the last time.

2.   Apart from Aamir Sohail, Saeed Anwar, Ijaz Ahmed and Inzamam-ul Haq, none of the other batsmen has done any batting in the matches.

3.   But generally the other batsmen found runs hard to get and fell short by seven at the end.

4.   But the two batsmen flayed the bowling and forged ahead, forcing Steve Waugh to use seven bowlers on the bouncy and traditionally fast bowler-friendly pitch.

5.   Hondo rattled India by dismissing the first three batsmen.

6.   In a bid to score quickly, the first four batsmen fell quickly.

7.   Rose made early inroads in the USA batting by dismissing the first two batsmen and was the best of the Jamaican attack with three wickets.

8.   The other batsmen also played sensibly and the ultimate result was never in doubt.

9.   The other batsmen are captain Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Mahela Jayawardene and Russel Arnold.

10.   The other batsmen, however, were responsible for their own wickets through either a lack of discipline or a lack of skill.