21.   Sri Lanka took an early wicket when Navjot Sidhu did not get full force behind a square cut and Sanath Jayasuriya took a simple catch at point.

22.   The former captain added England had to take early wickets Sunday to stay in contention.

23.   The Jamaicans never recovered from losing two early wickets.

24.   The West Indies fast bowlers had seized three early wickets and sensed a swift end to the innings.

25.   They were battling for survival after pacemen Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie took three early wickets to clean up the New Zealand middle order.

26.   Towards stumps, South Africa did lose two early wickets when Kirsten, a first innings centurion, walked for a duck trapped lbw off the bowling of Ganesh.

27.   When Allan Mullally took three early Queensland wickets, England took control of the game.

28.   With early wickets crucial, Zaheer and Javagal Srinath bowled extremely well in tandem.

29.   Zimbabwe survived the loss of three early wickets as Danny Morrison ripped through its top-order in taking three for six off five overs.

30.   Hooper said his team was looking forward to taking early wickets on Saturday to keep pressure on India.