You can have a big vision for what you might do, but you need to break it down into a step you can actually test in the market.

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Meanwhile, Pakistan's Asad Rauf has had to step down as an umpire for the scheduled first Test as he could not get the proper visa, according to the International Cricket Council.

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Ganguly revealed he was asked to step down as captain prior to last week's first Test, in which he scored 101.

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However, he was quick to end speculation that he is looking to quit Tests to concentrate on limited-overs cricket after quotes attributed to him before the Test series suggested he was ready to step down.

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By mid-summer he had taken on the Test captaincy too, following Nasser Hussain's decision to step down, and after securing a 2-2 draw with the combative South Africans, led England to six successive series victories, culminating in the epic 2005 Ashes triumph.

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"It's a step in the right direction, but the bigger test will be the longer-dated auctions further down the road, " said Nick Stamenkovic, bond strategist at RIA Capital Markets in Edinburgh.

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