| | Call-up for Botham and Birkenshaw |
 | | IAN BOTHAM and Leicestershire coach Jack Birkenshaw have been drafted in as observers for the Test series against New Zealand which follows the World Cup. |
 | | Birkenshaw's appointment is a clear indication that he is not seen as the man to succeed David Lloyd as England coach. |
 | | The England Management Advisory Committee met at Lord's on Monday to approve a short-list of four candidates, one of whom was Birkenshaw, but the front runners now are plainly Bob Woolmer, the Englishman who coaches South Africa, and Duncan Fletcher, the Glamorgan-based Zimbabwean. |
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