Cricket

Steve Harmison would relish the challenge of holding his nerve at the death in Saturday's multi-million-pound showdown.

Durham fast bowler Harmison sent down the final over of England's final warm-up on Tuesday night, which they won by just one run against Trinidad & Tobago. Operating at the end of innings is something foreign to Harmison, but he came out on the winning side of the equation after Trinidad managed just eight from the last six balls.

"If it was the same situation, I would gladly do it, and exactly the way I did last night with the opposition one run short." Harmison said ahead of the US$1million-a-man match against Stanford Superstars on Saturday.

He added: "It's not normally my job but if it comes down to it, in Twenty20 you have to be flexible to carry out whatever is put in front of you."

With so much money at stake, nerves might be jangling in the weekend's floodlit encounter.

But Harmison is confident external factors will not come into it when he pulls on the England shirt.

He continued: "It is a game of cricket, so when you cross that white line you play for each other, you're in it together and you want to win the game.

"The rewards are after you have won or lost but what you are playing for is not really in the equation.

"Would I be able to bowl the same over as the other night? I would like to think I could because you are trying to win.

"I am human so it would enter a small part of the mind but once you are about to bowl you are focused on one thing - where you want to put it."