highly-pressurised

In such a highly-pressurised environment, having the time to think is not always to one’s advantage.

"When you look in the Premiership and how difficult a contest it is, the guys do a very good job in a highly-pressurised environment.

They are individuals doing an essential and highly-pressurised job for which they need specialised support and people management."

It is a clear sign from Hamilton he is determined to be his own man going into the most highly-pressurised weekend of the year for the Briton.

It has left Scotland tenth in the world rankings, facing a World Cup draw next month where they will be put in a pot with two nations ranked above them and another highly-pressurised Six Nations looming.

Craig Hunter's appointment as ParalympicsGB's Chef de Mission for the highly-pressurised home Games is the first key posting for Tim Hollingsworth, the British Paralympic Association's (BPA) new chief executive.

The selectors watched him make 126 in six hours against Notts yesterday in an innings of great patience and technical merit, but whether he can repeat it at No3 in a highly-pressurised Ashes Test remains in as much doubt as ever.