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So far, Vladimir Putin has played a clever hand, sitting back and doubtless enjoying watching the transatlantic alliance come apart at the seams.

All 61 overs were bowled by spinners, making it the first time in 4,671 men's one-day internationals that no pace or seam was bowled.

The club's success in unearthing this seam of talent stems from a simple philosophy: they make it as easy as possible for youngsters to join and as hard as possible to leave.

"See here!" says Mr Olafsson pointing to a seam of white quartz and a thin dark line.

The walls are trimmed in cinderblock to protect from flaming debris blowing up against the seam where wall meets ground.