1.   Some force deep within truly wants to believe aliens cured that Montana farmer of his pesky hernia problem.

2.   Hernia problem.

3.   Illingworth first felt the hernia problem during the Britannic Assurance Championship match with Leicestershire in early July but has continued to play.

4.   Lietzke reported he may have a hernia problem.

5.   Richard Illingworth, who batted with a broken finger to help save the fifth Test match against the West Indies, is to undergo surgery for a hernia problem.

6.   Illingworth first felt the hernia problem during the Championship match with Leicestershire in early July but has continued to play.

7.   In letters to his wife Enriqueta Sanchez, Mendoza Marsano said his health is deteriorating with high blood pressure exacerbating a hernia problem.

8.   Blackburn Rovers dismissed rumours on Wednesday that England striker Alan Shearer is suffering from a hernia problem and will be out for the rest of the season.

9.   Wolstenholme also rejected suugestions that Brown, who Monday had a scan on a hernia problem, left the pitch without permission to do so.