settle their preferred XI ahead of the World T20.

"First and foremost we won the series," Khawaja said. "We wanted to go into the World Cup on a winning note. It's always a little bit tougher when you haven't. The fact that we won is a big bonus. I think everyone just about in the squad has contributed somewhat in the last three games, which is nice."

Australia play a warm-up match against West Indies in Kolkata on Sunday, ahead of their opening match of the tournament proper against New Zealand in Dharamsala on Friday next week.reduced the size of the House from 177 to 118
members. To make the process of pay raises less political
and more professional, the legislature created the independent, volunteer board with the 12 members appointed by the
four legislative leaders. The board is intended to be a
dispassionate body that can offer an objective periodic
review of the salary levels of judges, elected officials and
top executives in the executive branch. The Compensation
Review Board bases its recommendations on what similar
jobs pay in neighboring states, what subordinates earn
within agencies and what the board believes is required to
attract and retain qualified employees.

Kevin Forde, chairman of the Compensation Review
Board, believes the board does a necessary job in
providing some order to the pay scale in Illinois
government. "When we were created, the picture for compensation for state employees was