Thursday, 21 July 2011
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."
