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Last Updated: Tuesday, 31 October 2006, 19:14 GMT
England profiles: Ashley Giles
Darren Lehmann
By Darren Lehmann
Former Australia Test batsman

FACTFILE
Ashley Giles
Born: 19/3/73
Right hand batsman; slow left arm spin bowler
Test debut: 2/7/98 v South Africa, Old Trafford
ODI debut: 24/5/97 v Australia, The Oval
If Giles does not play much in this series England will probably move to the next generation.

He bowls a steady line but that means he does not get many wickets, and his average shows that.

He is a great competitor, he bats and fields well and England clearly think a lot of him.

I think England will go with Panesar as their first choice spinner but Giles will come into the reckoning if Panesar is expensive.

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