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Monday 25 July 2011

England has won the 1st Test match at Lord's

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At the interval India, the world number one side who need a world record 458 to win the first match in the four-test series, were 142 for four.
Sachin Tendulkar, who received a standing ovation in what is likely to be his final test at Lord’s, was seven not out at lunch.
Tendulkar, 38, needs one more century to reach an unprecedented 100th international hundreds. He was absent from the field for most of Sunday with a virus infection and batted one place lower than usual at number five.
James Anderson removed the adhesive Rahul Dravid (36) and the prolific Vangipurappu Laxman (56) after India had resumed their second innings on 80 for one. Graeme Swann captured the other wicket to fall, dismissing Gautam Gambhir lbw for 22.
Dravid, who batted for 5-1/2 hours in his unbeaten 103 in India’s first innings, was caught behind by Matt Prior on Monday pushing at a delivery which moved away from the right-hander.
He had been dropped on 35 by Ian Bell off Chris Tremlett after a thick inside edge on to his pad ballooned to short-leg. Bell leaped high and got his fingers to the ball but could not hold on to a difficult chance.
Laxman edged a boundary off Anderson at catchable height between second slip and gully but was otherwise untroubled.
After resuming on 32, he reached 48 when Prior and the England slip cordon went up for what they thought was a catch behind. Captain Andrew Strauss called for a review when umpire Billy Bowden did not react but the replay showed there was a clear gap between bat and ball.
Laxman reached his 53rd test half-century with a leg glance to the boundary, his eighth four, but then played a loose shot to Anderson and was caught by Bell at mid-wicket.
Gambhir, who left the field on Sunday in some pain after he was struck on the elbow at short-leg by a sweep shot from Prior, twice leaned back to cut Swann to the boundary. He was beaten through the air pushing forward to the off-spinner and, although lbws can not be reviewed in this series, there was no dispute about the decision.
Tendulkar, who was applauded all the way as he walked to the crease, was beaten by Anderson’s first ball which snaked in between bat and pad. He turned the fifth delivery deftly to leg to get off the mark with a boundary.
Spectators started queuing from three a.m for the cash-only tickets on sale at the gates and the ground was filled to its 28,500 capacity.

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Ind vs Eng:Ind 141/4 at lunch

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Set a victory target of 458, India had their backs pinned to the wall as they were reduced to 141 for four at lunch on the fifth and final day of the first cricket Test against England on Sunday.
The visitors lost three wickets for 61 runs from 26 overs of the opening session, the overnight batsmen Rahul Dravid (36), VVS Laxman (56) and left-hander Gautam Gambhir (22) being made to cool their heels in the pavilion.
Sachin Tendulkar, who apparently has recovered from a viral infection, and Suresh Raina were holding fort grimly on seven and four respectively at the break.
India are still trailing by 316 runs and 72 overs of the day, including the mandatory overs, are still to be negotiated.
Paceman James Anderson starred in the session for England, claiming both the wickets of overnight batsmen Dravid and Laxman.
Dravid was dismissed for 36 runs when, quite out of character, he fiddled with a delivery from Anderson and edged it to wicketkeeper Matt Prior at the Indian total 94 for two.

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Sunday 24 July 2011

Ishant Sharma demolish the England's middle order

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Bounding in from the Nursery end, Sharma accounted for Kevin Pietersen (1), Ian Bell (0) and Jonathan Trott (22).
Altogether four wickets fell in 32 balls for eight runs and at lunch England were 72 for five in their second innings, an overall lead of 260, with five sessions remaining.
Pietersen, England’s first innings hero with an unbeaten 202, edged a steepling delivery to Mahendra Singh Dhoni behind the stumps. The same combination accounted for Bell in the same over, nibbling fatally outside the off stump.
Openers Andrew Strauss (32) and Alastair Cook (1) also succumbed in the morning session after England had started the day well placed on five for no wicket after dismissing India for 286 on Saturday evening in reply to their 474 for eight declared.
Strauss, who has had a lean test run in the English summer so far, looked in good order, taking 10 runs off a Praveen Kumar over including consecutive leg-side boundaries.
But he lost Cook with the total on 23, caught by Dhoni off Kumar from a delivery moving just enough to catch the edge of the left-hander’s bat. It was only the second ball Cook had faced from Kumar and his first on Sunday in 43 minutes at the crease.
Trott hooked Sharma to the boundary and Strauss slashed Kumar for another four but there was still plenty in the pitch to interest the bowlers and both batsmen were forced on occasion to hurriedly adjust their shots.
Strauss, who had scored only 49 runs in his previous five test innings in the English summer, was dismissed lbw by off-spinner Harbhajan Singh trying to sweep a ball which would have hit middle stump.
Pietersen and Bell departed in a double wicket maiden from Sharma who then knocked Trott’s off stump back as the batsman went to drive.
Eoin Morgan, who failed to score in the first innings, and wicketkeeper Matt Prior were both on five at the interval.
Zaheer Khan, who left the field in England’s first innings with a hamstring strain, was still missing on Sunday morning while Sachin Tendulkar was also absent with a virus infection.

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Saturday 23 July 2011

Waqar Younus on Afridi's retirement

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“All retired players are missed. Similarly, Afridi will also be missed. It was the case even with me and many other renowned players like Imran Khan and Wasim Akram.
“But there are always other youngsters who can replace the retired players,” Waqar said while talking to reporters at the National Cricket Academy, where he joined the Fast Track Camp’s second phase, after missing the first one, which ended on July 18.
Afridi had announced his retirement over differences with the team management, including Waqar, manager Intikhab Alam and PCB chairman Ijaz Butt after leading the national side in the last one-day series against the West Indies.
He had also said he would not reverse his decision until the present PCB management was working.
However, Waqar, while ignoring Afridi’s retirement, had suggested to the PCB in his report of the West Indies tour to search for a young captain and groom him as ageing Misbah-ul-Haq could not remain fit for a long time.
To a question, Waqar dispelled the impression that he was working like a dictator as he could not maintain smooth relationship with various captains in the past.
He admitted that grooming a strong opening pair was still a problem and asked prominent openers to come forward to help him in this regard.
“We have been facing problems in the opening department since long and I request former opening players like Mohsin Khan, Mudassar Nazar, Aamir Sohail and Saeed Anwar to come forward to help us,” he said.
Waqar also urged former great Javed Miandad to help youngsters, particularly at the top of the order.
“I believe anyone who can help me should come forward because we have to take Pakistan cricket forward in the right direction,” he said.
Waqar endorsed the decision of chief selector Mohsin Khan by saying a good number of young players would be tested in the upcoming one-day series against low-rated Zimbabwe, which is going to be held in August this year.
He said the decision of holding the fast track camp was good and hoped players would overcome their flaws.

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KEVIN PIETERSEN RANKS LORD’S INNINGS AS ONE OF HIS BEST

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Kevin “KP” Pietersen, England’s middle-order batsman, spoke fondly of his batting performance against Indiain the first match of the npower Test series, being played at Lord’s.
KP ranks Lord’s innings as one of his best ever under demanding conditions. The right-handed batsman played an unbeaten knock of 202 runs, which included 21 fours and one massive six. Pietersen’s knock powered England to a commanding position as the hosts declared their innings at 474 for eight.
KP stated that he is delighted with this feat, especially considering the situation and the type of surface.
The middle-order batsman hoped that English bowlers would make full use of the bowling conditions and send the Men in Blue packing, as Indians are not as strong when it comes to facing swing bowling.
“It's (my innings) is something to be proud of. Having gone in to bat on such a wicket and having to face MS Dhoni (in jest) as well for half an hour. History tells us that getting result at the Lord's is quite difficult. But the wicket is aiding seam and swing and we all know swing is alien to Indian batting,” said Pietersen.
The 31-year-old cricketer acknowledged the efforts of England’s top-order batsmen and believes that it was their pains that made life easy for incoming batsmen. KP concludes that English top-order absorbed the pressure of the new ball and the early swing, thus batsmen coming in later capitalized on their start.
Pietersen said, "Credit to the first three batsmen (deserve credit) for they ate up a lot of balls. When it's seaming and swinging you try to get overs in the other bowlers. They did a great job for men like Matt Priorand Graeme Swann to take advantage of what's been created a day before.”
KP also accomplished another milestone in this innings; the right-handed batsman reached 6,000 runs in Test cricket. Pietersen claimed that he is not finished yet and is determined to get his name in the 10,000 runs club. However, the 31-year-old cricketer asserts that to get there he needs to bat the same way he did against India.
Pietersen was also relieved to silence his critics, who were pointing towards his lean patch. The batsman said that everyone goes through a rough time but one should not lose hope and work hard, as sooner or later success does follow.

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Thursday 21 July 2011

Problems for India Zaheer Khan is Injured

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England's batsmen reached 127-2 against an India side that lost key bowler Zaheer Khan to an apparent hamstring injury on a rain-affected opening day of the first test at Lord's overnight.
Khan was comfortably India's best bowler, claiming figures of 2-18 before he pulled up in the middle of the 42nd over, clutching his thigh, and then promptly left the field. His fitness will be monitored overnight.
"He showed he's probably the bowler we miss the most," India coach Duncan Fletcher said. "Probably the others lacked experience so, as it was, him going off was a big miss.
"From our point of view I think maybe we would have been happy with three wickets. I think if he had stayed there and got three or four we would have ended up having a very good day."

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England 127-2 on Opening Day of First Cricket Test Against India

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England is 127-2 at tea on the opening day of the first cricket Test against India at Lord’s in London.
Jonathan Trott was 58 not out and Kevin Pietersen scored 22 before rain and bad light brought an early tea break. Zaheer Khan took 2-18 for the visitors.
The match is the 2,000th in the 134 years of elite Test cricket. England can overtake India as the top team in the International Cricket Council rankings if it wins the four-match series by two Tests or more

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Another high point for the home of cricket

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As England meet India in the first Test of the four-match series here, Lord’s — the home of cricket — reaches yet another landmark that of staging the 2000th Test of the game’s history which by coincidence also happens to be the hundredth traditional five-day contest between England and India.
It was in 1932 that India played their inaugural Test here at this venue, losing the match by 158 runs. The Indian team then besides their captain C.K. Nyadu had Jahangir Khan, Mohammad Nissar and brothers Wazir Ali and Nazir Ali and a man from Karachi Hindu Gymkhana Naoomal Jeeomal who made 33 as an opener and Wazir contributed 31 and 39.
Though in the losing cause the giant fast bowler Nissar who rattled men like Leslie Ames and Douglas Jardine and Eddie Paynter by taking five wickets for 93, Jahangir was no less effective when he claimed four for 60 in the second innings.
Since then India have played 14 more Tests at Lord’s, winning only in 1986 and ten Test defeats at the prime venue does not speak much of their outing here.
What really is most interesting is the fact that their record-breaking batting genius Sachin Tendulkar is on the verge of reaching his one hundred centuries in international cricket. Would he do that in this landmark Test is the question because he averages a mere 21.28 at Lord’s and his highest score here is only 37.
Whereas Saurav Ganguly and even Ajit Agarkar have scored a century each here in Tests, run-making machines like Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid have failed. Fascinating however is the performance of ‘The Colonel’ Dilip Vengsarkar who remains the only batsman to have scored three Test hundreds at the venue. Not forgetting of course the first great Indian all-rounder Vinoo Mankad who in the 1952 Test made 72 and 184 at this venue.
Great feats and unforgettable deeds are all recorded for posterity and thousands of pages are required to describe all.
Therefore, I shall restrict myself to some of the things I watched and reported from Lord’s.
What I am proud of the fact is that I remain the only media man in the press box to have also covered the 1000th Test and at no other place than on my own home ground at the Niaz Stadium Hyderabad in 1984-85 against New Zealand where Pakistan won the Test by seven wickets. In this match, Javed Miandad scored a hundred in each innings besides a century each by John Reid and Mudassar Nazar and Abdul Qadir, Iqbal Qasim and Stephen Boock excelled with the ball with 5-108, 5-78 and 7-87 respectively. And where Jeremy Coney, the captain showed his displeasure on umpiring decisions.
Astonishing, isn’t it, that in the first 107 years of Test cricket 1000 matches were played and the next 1000 — with the 2000th Test starting today — in just nearly 27 years.
At Lord’s I made my Test debut as a full-time reporter in the 1974 England-Pakistan game, a Test which had to be abandoned as a draw after complaints by the Pakistan team manager Omar Kureishi about the wet pitch on which the match should never have been resumed after rain.
I also watched Pakistan’s first win at Lord’s under Imran Khan in 1982, a match in which Mohsin Khan made a memorable double century and Mudassar bamboozled England batting with 6-32.
Gavaskar’s 188, and century each by Graham Gooch and Mike Gatting in MCC’s bicentenary match in 1987 still remain etched.
In my mind as does a masterly 187 not out by Hanif Mohammad in 1967 which I watched as a spectator. Not forgetting other feats that of Mohammad Yousuf scoring a double century in 2006 and Australian Bob Massie’s 16 wickets in the 1972 Ashes Test.
And how can I forget the great run chase here at Lord’s by legendary Gordon Greenidge when he made a double century in quest of over 300 runs target in 1984. Nor would I ever erase the memory from my mind of Graham Gooch’s 333 against India in 1990, the only triple century in Tests at Lord’s 123 matches and Mohammad Azharuddin’s 121 in the same match.
And then of course Kapil Dev hitting four successive sixes off Eddie Hemmings to save India’s follow-on when 24 runs were needed to avoid it in the same match.
The Test at Lord’s starting on Thursday will be fifth at the venue for Sachin Tendulkar, and most probably his last.

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Dhoni: Sachin the ideal cricketer

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As Sachin Tendulkar aims to bring up his 100th international hundred in the first Test between England and India at Lord's, his captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has hailed him as an ideal role model.
While cricket is set to celebrate both the 2000th Test in history and the 100th between the two sides, the number most fans are interested in is the 99 centuries that Tendulkar currently has to his name - a full 30 tons more than Ricky Ponting, his closest challenger.
The 38-year-old batsman has more than 14,000 Test runs in a career that has spanned more than 21 years, but has shown no signs of slowing down over the past few years.
Asked what has motivated Tendulkar to keep playing at such a high level for so long, Dhoni replied: "He loves the game, he has a passion for the game.
"Every time he turns up on the field he wants to improve his game. He may have spent one and a half hours on the field (practising), but in that time he makes sure he is learning something and when he goes back to the dressing room he can proudly say 'today's time I utilised to the best'.
"He tries to keep it very simple, doesn't complicate things, overall I think he is the ideal cricketer to look up to with the way he has conducted himself on and off the field. He has remained the same for the last 21 years."
Dhoni's opposite number, Andrew Strauss, echoed those sentiments.
"He's been a fantastic ambassador for the game. You look at his statistics and they speak for themselves - you don't have to rush out with platitudes or superlatives because it's all there," said England's captain.
"The longevity, consistency shows he's one of the greatest ever. As a man and an ambassador, there's no one better."
With Virender Sehwag missing from the touring party as he continues his recovery from shoulder surgery, Abhinav Mukund is set to open alongside Gautam Gambhir.
Meanwhile Yuvraj Singh is expected to take the number six slot, with his left-arm spin a potential weapon against Kevin Pietersen.
The ICC confirmed on Wednesday morning that ball-tracking technology will not be used in the series after the BCCI vetoed it, ruling out any reviews on lbw decisions.
"We're not really convinced 100% as of now when it comes to the tracking system, especially with the spinners and the kind of bounce the ball generates," said Dhoni as an explanation for why India are against Hawkeye.
"Until we're 100% satisfied we won't go on with something that's not really satisfactory when it comes to our views.
"But of course we are quite happy with HotSpot. I feel that's a very good technology to be used."
Meanwhile, the wicketkeeper-batsman admitted that it was a big honour to play in the 2000th Test, and said that despite the modern world being very different to the one in which Test cricket was born he saw no reason why there won't be 2000 more.
He said: "The world has changed. It means you have to go to your job, with the privatisation and everything that is happening, the bosses want you to spend more time at your desk and look less at the television so all of these things play a big role in it.
"But there's no good reason why Test cricket can't survive or won't survive for the next 2000 games."


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Wednesday 20 July 2011

Second phase of Fast Track Coaching camp

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LAHORE - Fast track cricket coaching programme is in full swing here at the National cricket academy in which all-rounder, spinners and middle order batsmen are improving their techniques under the able coaching of cricket legends. 
Former spin master Abdul Qadir, veteran spinner Tauseef Ahmed and pace bowler Aaqib Javed benefited the respective participants by pointing out their weaknesses and giving them useful tips to make amends. 
He said some of the spinners are full of potentialities and promise and they can be good future prospects for Pakistan cricket provided they keep doing hard work and listen to their mentors to lift the level of their bowling. 
"There is common problem with our spinners as they try to infuse speed in the ball rather working on variation and fail to turn it (ball) on most of the occasions, they should effort on turning the ball through different tactics to cause difficulty for the batsmen," said Qadir. 
Tauseef said that due to Twenty20 cricket spinners were concentrating on speed not on variation of the ball. 
“Unfortunately, Pakistan cricket is without a world class spinner today and there is a vacuum at the moment and we are doing our best to fill the void by teaching various varieties of spin bowling to the participants," he added.


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Sri Lanka names squad but not skipper

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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Wednesday announced its one-day and T20 squad for Australia’s tour of the island next month, but stopped short of naming a skipper.
Tillakaratne Dilshan, who was named captain for the just concluded tour of England, was included in the 20-man squad scheduled to play five ODIs and two Twenty20 games against Australia.
They will also play three Tests, but the squad for the longer version of the game was not announced. The only uncapped player in the squad is Sachithra Senanayake.
The squad: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardena, Kumar Sangakkara, Angelo Mathews, Chamara Kapugedera, Jeevan Mendis, Chamara Silva, Dinesh Chandimal, Dimuth Karunaratne, Thisara Perera, Lasith Malinga, Suranga Lakmal, Dhammika Prasad, Nuwan Kulasekera, Isuru Udana, Suraj Randiv, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath, Malinga Bandara and Sachithra Senanayake

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Sachin’s the best: Lara

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The Sachin Tendulkar fan club keeps getting bigger with West Indies batting legend Brian Lara describing him as the best batsman in the world right now and former England captain Alec Stewart calling him “the modern day Don Bradman”.
Participating in a panel discussion at Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s “East Meets West” Gala Dinner at the Hilton Park Lane in London on Monday, Lara said, “Sachin started playing (Test cricket) at the age of 16. And at 38 now, we have not seen a better player. Sachin is the best batsman in the world.”
“I am going to the Lord’s to see Sachin make his 100th century,” he said.
Stewart, who also participated in the discussion, described Tendulkar as the “modern day Bradman”.
India’s veteran batsman Rahul Dravid added to the praise, saying, “In India we have many gods and he is one of them.”
Answering questions from cricket commentator Henry Blofeld, Lara said, “While Sachin is special, Dravid is the wall.”
“Dravid is always going to be there — he is a tremendous player,” he said.
Stewart described Dravid as a “great player”.
“Dravid is India’s most technically gifted player,” he said.
About Lara, Stewart said, “he was the best player in the 90s. But in modern day, Sachin is a better player than Lara — a modern day Bradman.”

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SHOAIB MALIK AXED FROM PAKISTAN CRICKET BOARD’S CENTRAL CONTRACTS LIST

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Shoaib Malik, the former skipper of Pakistan’s cricket team, has been axed from the contention of Pakistan Cricket Board’s central contract list.
This decision was taken after the cricketer failed to sway PCB’s integrity committee about £ 90,000 missing from his account. The amount was present in Malik’s previous bank statements, but was not there in the latest statement submitted by the all-rounder.
A credible source within the PCB revealed that Malik was able to clear his name from every other allegation expect for the ambiguity surrounding this massive sum. Malik was unable to produce a satisfactory answer to where he spent the total.
The source claimed, “In Malik's case he has provided everything that was asked for by the integrity committee of the board except for the questions surrounding the fate of the 90,000 £. The integrity committee asked him where he had spent the amount but so far he has been unable to give a satisfactory reply.”
The source further revealed, “Malik has told the committee that he gave loans to some of his friends but was unable to give details of the persons he had given the amount to leaving the committee members not satisfied with his response.”
However, all is not lost for the 29-year-old all-rounder, as PCB has yet to finalize the list of contracted players.
PCB chairman, Ijaz Butt, has been lenient in Malik’s case. In his recent interview, Butt declared that Malik could find a place in Pakistan’s national side if he clears this matter. The chairman is of the view, that thePakistan team is in dire need of experience and a player of Malik’s calibre would be beneficial for the side.
Butt further stated that he has had an informal meeting with the all-rounder and advised him to update the committee about the subject so he can be permitted to play for Pakistan.
PCB new central contracts list will have a fresh look to it as certain known names won’t be part of it. Amongst the most common faces missing would be Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Akhtar, as both cricketers have announced retirement from International cricket.
Wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal and Dinesh Kaneria could also be shown the door by PCB. Akmal has been out of form for sometime, which caused him to lose his place in the playing XI. Kaneria on the other hand, failed to satisfy PCB’s integrity committee over the match fixing claims.

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Strauss aims for ‘special’ India series

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LONDON: England captain Andrew Strauss is looking to his team to produce “something special” against India as they bid to replace their opponents at the top of the world Test rankings.
The first of a four-match series starts at Lord’s – Strauss’s home ground – on Thursday and England will go top of the ICC’s Test table if they win by two matches.
“We have a great opportunity to play some really good cricket and hopefully pull off something special in the next five weeks,” Strauss said.
“India are a very, very good cricket side, they have been for a while now, and if you want to be the best in the world you have to beat sides like India.
“We have home advantage, which I think counts for a lot, and I think we have to use that wisely.
“Being number one is a long-term goal for us. It’s not necessarily just what the statistics say, it’s more about being regarded number one by the other sides as well.
“We are going to go out and be determined to win every match in this series and if we get in a winning position it’s important we’re ruthless and make that count,” the opening batsman added ahead of a series that sees England up against former coach Duncan Fletcher, now in charge of India.
England would appear to have just the one selection headache with the fit-again Tim Bresnan challenging fellow seamer Stuart Broad for a place in a four-man attack featuring off-spinner Graeme Swann.
“Someone is going to miss out, but I am very happy with the balance of squad we have,” Strauss added.
“All our bowlers offer us something slightly different.
“What we have to decide is what’s the best combination to take 20 wickets on this pitch.
“No-one has a God-given right to play in the XI. We know both Stuart and Tim Bresnan have offered a lot for us over the last 12 months or so.
“It’s not going to be an easy selection to make, but in a way it’s a good thing for us

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‘India missing greatest counter-attacking weapon in Sehwag’

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NEW DELHI: The absence of hard-hitting Virender Sehwag could affect India’s hopes of imposing themselves early in the Test series in England that starts Thursday, former Australia captain Ian Chappell has warned.
Opener Sehwag, known for dominating bowlers with exciting strokeplay, is recovering from a shoulder injury and set to miss the first two Tests of the four-match series.
“There’s no batsman in the world who can disrupt bowling plans quicker than Sehwag,” Chappell wrote in his Sunday column on the ESPN Cricinfo website.
“It appears that fate has come down ever so slightly in England’s favour.
The first two venues in this series, Lord’s and Trent Bridge, are known to favour swing bowling.
“England’s ability to swing both the new and old ball is a big reason behind their recent rise up the rankings. In addition, India are missing their greatest counter-attacking weapon.”
Sehwag played a key role in India’s six-wicket win over England in the first Test of the last series between the two countries in 2008 when he hammered a 68-ball 83 to help his team achieve a stiff 387-run target in Chennai.
“The one time a captain should not be overly cautious is at the start of a series, when a team can take a huge step towards mental superiority by being aggressive,” said Chappell.
“This is where Sehwag’s absence hurts India; being at the top of the order, he’s likely to gain the upper hand in the series just by batting normally in the first session.”
Sehwag has so far scored 7,694 runs in 87 Tests with 22 centuries since making his debut in 2001.
The match at Lord’s will be the 2,000th Test, with Indian batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar on the verge of an unprecedented 100th international century.
He has already scored 51 hundreds in Tests and 48 in one-day internationals.
India, who won their last Test series in England in 2007 under Rahul Dravid, will also play five one-day internationals and a one-off Twenty20 match during the tour.

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Shahid Afridi's father passes away

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SLAMABAD: Former national team captain  Shahid Afridi’s father Sahabzada Fazal-ur-Rehman Afridi passed away on Wednesday after a prolonged illness.
Earlier, Afridi had returned home from England where he was representing Hampshire county because of his father’s critical health condition.
The funeral prayers of the deceased will be offered after ‘Asr’ prayers, and he will be buried in Scot Colony graveyard in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Afridi’s brother Mushtaq said.


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