31.   Four clubs still hold realistic hopes of winning the single automatic promotion place available from Division One.

32.   It never proved a realistic hope, despite some solidity from key batsmen Aamir Sohail and Inzamam-ul-Haq.

33.   A clincal display by Zhou Mi over Wang Chen killed all realistic hopes of Hong Kong pulling off a shock win.

34.   But a senior officer admitted they had no realistic hopes of getting the attackers, who are believed to have retreated into dense forests.

35.   The one council the Conservatives had any realistic hopes of winning, East Renfrewshire, ended up under no overall control.