Indeed so strong is their competitive nature, that stories surfaced during the summer about contests in the dressing- room urinals over who could pee the highest.”Actually, he’s a different player to me,” says Adam steadfastly sticking to the cricket. “I’m really trying to establish myself as a batsman in the top six who bowls a bit, like Steve Waugh. “No, because Ben’s not on the main tour,” he says with a cackle that betrays more that a hint of sibling rivalry. Anyway, I’d like to think I’m a strong enough character to deal with that. I know I haven’t proved myself at Test level yet, but it isn’t something that will keep me awake at night.”Did he feel, I wonder, that while both he and brother Ben – who also tours Sharjah but not the West Indies – can be accommodated together in a one-day side, there is probably only room for one of them in the Test team, and that ultimately – say in a year’s time – they will both be competing for the same place?The brows furrow slightly, before the eyes light up. As a batsman who bowls, his cause was not helped by that glaring error of judgement against Australia at The Oval, when he allowed Shane Warne to clean bowl him for a duck, without even offering a stroke.”When I saw the TV replay, I realised that it was probably one of the stupidest things I’ve ever done. But then it was the only time he got me out in about seven encounters during the summer.

Substitutes not used: Beeney (gk), Laurent.Bookings: Barnsley: Bosancic , Tinkler, Moses; Leeds: Halle, Radebe, Haland, Maybury, Robertson.Referee: M Reed (Birmingham).Man of the match: Redfearn.Attendance: 18,690.. Dean Holdsworth helped Bolton to beat his old club but said afterwards he had not been motivated by any wish for revenge. The 28-year-old striker left Wimbledon in October in a pounds 3.5m deal amid reports of a series of disputes with Wimbledon and their manager, Joe Kinnear. Catt was discharged from hospital yesterday after being treated for a torn cartilage on his ear as well as the concussion.”Catt’s injury dealt us a heavy blow, not least because he was playing brilliantly,” he said “The question now is where we go from here Tell me where the English-qualified stand-offs are Mike is out for three weeks, Alex King is still unfit. The worst of them were internal.Is he good enough? The supporters were wondering, but so was Cole and frequently the inner voice told him “no”. Brian McClair, on for Sheringham, had been the object of good natured mockery from the stands, and he looked somewhat sheepish when a pass lacking the accuracy to find Solskjaer was turned past Flowers by Kenna.It was the champions’ 23rd goal in November, their 34th in nine fixtures and doubled the total Blackburn had conceded on their travels.

In limited-over cricket I’m totally unorthodox, but when it comes to four-day and Test cricket, I’m one of the most orthodox players around.”"When I’m bowling in a one-day game, I’ll mix the pace up a lot to keep the batsman guessing I’ll always bowl at the stumps too. I’ve no ambition of bowling the ball even one inch outside off stump, which is ideally where I want to bowl the majority of deliveries in the longer game.”If this sounds crazy, it is because any room outside off stump allows the batsman extra leverage and power to hit the ball, something the bowler is trying to prevent in the limited-overs game.While supremely confident of his one-day role, Hollioake remains conscious of his unproven Test status. But he great thing about the squad going to Sharjah is that it is a group of players who have no experience of that. The other thing is that apart from three or four of them, not many have played much under Athers That eases the pressure on me a bit If it was the Test team I had to skipper… well that would be a different matter.”He is, he claims, surprised how long it has taken for two distinct squads for Test and one-day cricket to be used “I think the players have recognised that for a long time.