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COVERED 12 TRENTBRIDGE.CO.UK things.What they do isn’t necessarily by the book, but it works for them. “Yes, you can take different things from these players, but it’s about working out exactly what is going to strengthen my game and make me successful.” ******* It’s often assumed that, to be successful in sport, one must concentrate entirely on their game to the detriment of all other facets of life. Exactly what publican Harry Gurney, presenter PeterTrego or Oxford graduate Toby Pettman would make of this is easy to imagine. Moores, too, is far from a closed book when it comes to interests and issues away from the middle. In recent months, he has travelled halfway across the globe to the inaugural Lanka Premier League, playing his part in a victorious campaign for Jaffna Stallions. Ask him about it now, however, and the personal validation of another trophy win is far from the forefront of his mind. The wider context of the team’s achievement, representing a province of a million people where a 25-year civil war only ended in 2009, is what resonates. “There was a lot more to it than just cricket,” he says. “There’s only one turf pitch in the entire area around Jaffna, so for a team with young players from the region to be playing at all was a huge moment for the country. “For that team to go on and win was a big statement. “To see the delight on the players’ faces, and the happiness it brought to so many people in Sri Lanka, is something I’ll treasure forever.” That experience – and the highs of the Outlaws’ Blast victory in October – will carry Moores through the rest of the domestic close season. But when it comes to recalling the finest moments of his past 12 months, one par- ticular summer’s afternoon at a deserted Trent Bridge ranks equally highly. A career-best score of 106 electrified the second day of Nottinghamshire’s Bob Willis Trophy encounter withYorkshire – and the glow of that achievement still lingers.

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