And while England's decision to select the 6ft 7in Tremlett in place of the injured Stuart Broad paid off, Australia's muddled selection policy was exposed once again as Phil Hughes (two) was found wanting at the top of the order and all-rounder Steve Smith (seven) looked out of his depth at number six.

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If there are a large number of candidates for 2018 -- Blatter mentioned 10 or 11 countries -- then FIFA will adopt the Olympic policy of making a 'pre-selection' to reduce the bidders.

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Most of the pre-match talk focused on Ian Holloway's selection policy after the Blackpool boss threatened to quit if he is punished for making 10 changes for the midweek game against Aston Villa.

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It called on Catholic grammar schools to operate a policy of admitting no more than 75% of pupils on the basis of academic selection by September 2014.

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He then won backing from CSA's general council for a policy of six players of colour in a 14-man squad - a requirement met in the selection of the squad for India.

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