1.  By then, however, fellow opener Atherton was gone for eight runs, edging Walsh to a diving Brian Lara at first slip.

2.  Fellow opener Navjot Sidhu, after a slow start, attempted to improve the pace and hit Dharmasena for three successive boundaries.

3.  Fellow opener Sidhu, after a slow start, attempted to improve the pace and hit Kumara Dharmasena for three successive boundaries.

4.  Saeed again attacked the Somerset bowlers when Pakistan batted again, heavily outscoring fellow opener Aamir Sohail.

5.  The explosive left hander, who has set new benchmarks for one-day cricket with fellow opener Romesh Kaluwitharana, complained of pain while batting in the nets.

6.  Fellow opener, Nayan Mongia survived when keeper Dave Richardson dropped an easy chance off Donald but the bowler had the last laugh bowling Mongia in his next over.

7.  He and fellow opener Trevor Ward put together a remarkable sequence of five consecutive century stands up to the quarter-final stage of this competition.

8.  After a slow start, di Venuto and fellow opener Greg Blewett frustrated the South African bowling attack and capitalised particularly on the fierce pace bowling of Alan Donald.

9.  As Stewart and fellow opener Robin Smith strode to the half century, it looked a good decision.

10.  Atherton praised the contribution of fellow opener Nick Knight for his determined half-century.