1.   Douglas, who made a century for provincial team Wellington against South Africa on Monday, gets his chance to open the batting with Mark Greatbatch.

2.   England dropped batsman Mark Butcher, who made a century in the Ashes opener in Brisbane, and seamer Angus Fraser from its victorious fourth-test side.

3.   Ganguly made a century on his test debut in England.

4.   He did not make the century but I think he played a good game and a varied game.

5.   He had made a century against England in an earlier tour match.

6.   Mark Douglas, who made a century for provincial team Wellington against South Africa on Monday, will get his chance to open the batting with Mark Greatbatch.

7.   Steve Waugh had made a century in the opening warm-up match against a Barbados XI.

8.   Then, in the fifth Test in Perth, where Lara made a century, Lara criticized the Australians for their treatment of young opener Robert Samuels.

9.   Waugh made a century but Pakistan triumphed easily.

10.   He made a century on his provincial debut for KwaZulu-Natal against Easterns two weeks ago.