"Timothy Martyn Rees" is a former English people/English cricketer. Rees is a right-handed batsman (cricket)/batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Loughborough, Leicestershire.

Rees made his debut in county cricket for the Lancashire Cricket Board against Shropshire County Cricket Club/Shropshire in the 2002 MCCA Knockout Trophy. In that same season he made a single first-class cricket/first-class appearance for Lancashire County Cricket Club/Lancashire against Somerset County Cricket Club/Somerset at the County Ground, Taunton, in the 2002 County Championship/County Championship. He batted once in the match, scoring 16 runs in Lancashire's first-innings, before he was dismissed by Matthew Bulbeck. It was in that same season that he also made his List A cricket/List A debut against Middlesex County Cricket Club/Middlesex at the Denis Compton Oval in the 2002 Norwich Union National League. He made a second List A appearance the following season against India A cricket team/India A at Blackpool Cricket Club/Stanley Park, Blackpool. He thereafter appeared for the Lancashire Second XI, with Rees agreeing a new contract during the 2004 English cricket season/2004 season. However, with opportunities limited at Lancashire, he left the county during the 2005 English cricket season/2005 season.

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This is clearly a pretty good performance in what's a seasonally quiet period. The fact that shares are down is simply a reflection of the previous good run the stock has had.

What one learns is to take these with a pinch of salt, but clearly events suggest that it would be wrong to be complacent.

I'm not in favor of hitting the panic button just because a sector is well out of favor.

The market is trying to work out what kind of price people have to pay and whether it will cause other people to throw their hats in the ring. The situation has been kicked into play.

I remain cautious. I wouldn't be surprised if demand assumptions get revised down in 2006 and with supply coming on, that's going to have a negative impact on commodities prices.

Both results were ahead or at the top end of forecasts.

Overall, the results are ahead of expectations and it gives the company an argument to fight for in the ensuing debate which I think the shareholders are expecting.