11.   Butcher said he understood the position of the five uncommitted players.

12.   Butcher said he would have batted anywhere in the side when he was trying to resurrect a sagging test career last year.

13.   Butcher said the scholarships would be made on the basis of academic merit and financial need.

14.   With holidays only weeks away, butchers said the beef ban, if anything, had increased sales.

15.   Butcher said his Headingley innings had triggered his recovery.

16.   Butcher said he saw the incident on television and his first thought was that Saunders had gone over the top in a tackle.