31.   Agassi beat Sampras in three of four matches this year, all tournament finals.

32.   Agassi has beaten Sampras in three of four meetings this year, all coming in tournament finals.

33.   As England improved their chances of reaching the one-day tournament finals, Thorpe was being helped out of the Gabba ground and to hospital.

34.   England have stumbled through against Celtic sides on many occasions in tournament finals.

35.   They have yet to win a game or score a goal in the tournament finals.

36.   Top seed Jim Courier will be aiming for his second consecutive tournament victory on Sunday, when he takes on French hope Arnaud Boetsch in the Toulouse tournament final.

37.   New Zealand also suffered the loss of a key bowler on a day when batsmen prospered on a perfect batting pitch which will host the tournament final.

38.   The main stadium in the Paris suburb of Saint Denis, which will host the tournament final, is currently under construction.