What is required is strong umpiring to keep everythingundercontrol and it is with some trepidation that I note that the two umpires on duty for the first Test - an Indian and a Sri Lankan - are virtually unknown.
But this sort of thing always precedes big energy deals in Russia, and the way the AAR Group of Russian shareholders in TNK-BP sees it, everythingisundercontrol.
Mr Lloyd says the government "has a job on its hands to convince people that everything possible is being done to keep unavoidable costs like energy and food bills undercontrol".