41.   He charged Ishikawa was incapacitated by the top of the climb and was carried to the top by Sherpa guides who also brought him down.

42.   He ran rings round Nadal and set up Bickel whose shot was tipped on to the bar and over the top by Andoni Zubizarreta.

43.   Inter Milan, in joint second with Juve a point behind Roma, could by then have returned provisionally top by winning their match at Bologna in the afternoon.

44.   A chip from the same midfielder was palmed over the top by Mikhailov at full stretch.

45.   Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia were followed at the top by the Philippines, Thailand and Japan.

46.   Stuttgart can return to the top by a point if they win at Duisburg on Sunday.

47.   Surrey move above Leicestershire and Yorkshire, although Leicester could still go back to the top by beating Glamorgan.