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123At some stage we'd like to get in when the wicket is in its best condition to bat on," Fletcher told the BBC. "But I'm more than happy with the score. I think the guys stuck to their task very well." England sprang a surprise by naming James Kirtley to share the new ball with Andrew Flintoff, and relying on Paul Collingwood to provide the seam bowling back-up. "If you look at Galle, the fifth bowler doesn't have to put in many overs. It's really two main seamers and two spinners who do it. "Normally the fifth guy is just there to keep it tight - Colly did that job and as a result we were able to strengthen our batting a bit," said Fletcher. The wicket offered nothing - it was pretty flat Duncan Fletcher Kirtley was preferred to James Anderson, Richard Johnson and Matthew Hoggard, and responded by dismissing Marvan Atapattu and Chaminda Vaas. "Johnson has not been feeling too well in recent days and Anderson did not have the mileage in his legs so that would also have been a bit of a risk.
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