Against the hosts he took figures of 3/14, which included an opening spell of 2-0-2-1.

We came with a belief, wanting to attack - you could see that from the opening spell and our goal.

"I'll try an opening spell," the little wizard said, pushing back her sleeves as if getting ready for a difficult chore.

Having taken 5 of the top 7 Australian batsmen in the first innings (5 for 95), he injured himself in the second during the opening spell.

Then Lee and Warne come along, an explosive opening spell before the greatest torturer in world cricket gripped the game with his mean hands...

In the next Test, his opening spell reduced West Indies to three down for one run.

Benaud had made his new ball bowlers stay on for over an hour in their opening spell, and called them back for more until they were exhausted.

He impressed further with a destructive opening spell of 7-2-14-3 against the touring West Indies 'A' side in August 2006.

He backed up an incisive opening spell and wrapping up the tail by taking 3/9 in this last 4.5 overs.

Cardiff manager Dave Jones admitted he had no answer to the lassitude his players showed in a quite remarkable opening spell.