England completed a satisfactory build-up to the start of the Ashes series, with nearly all their leading batsman making runs in the drawn practice match against Warwickshire.

Having suffered a delayed start to the third and final day at Edgbaston because of steady rain, England finally declared 507 runs ahead on 319 for three - after Ravi Bopara had claimed another century and both Paul Collingwood and Matt Prior reached 50.

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It left only Kevin Pietersen and all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who batted just once, as the only players from their likely top seven for next week's opening Test in Cardiff to have failed to pass 50 over the last three days as the game fizzled out into a draw with Warwickshire on 27 for three.

The selectors, who meet on Saturday in Worcester to decide the squad for the first Test which will be announced on Sunday, enter their meeting in a fortunate position of having a confident and in-form set of players to choose from.

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