Broad hope for India come back

Stuart Broad hopes to make his England come back in the Twenty20 clash with India at the end of October.

The Nottinghamshire all-rounder is England's T20 captain but miss the new double-header beside the West Indies at the Oval because of the take on injury he suffer in the fourth one-day international next to India at Lord's on September 11.

A predict two-month nonattendance would see him miss the October 29 Eden Gardens showdown, but he is hopeful of recurring to reclaim the captaincy from county colleague Graeme Swann.

"It's leaving okay," Broad told Sky Sports News of his recovery.

"The muscle's torn so it takes time to heal. I've got another week's rest then its treatment in October.

"It's a strong treatment programmed and I'm looking forward to getting under way.

"I've got it in mind that I want to play that Twenty 20 game in India. It's a tight goal but you've got to have those targets to get you throughout the mornings in the gym.

"It's two-month damage but it's a right shoulder injury so I've got to be careful; that's my career."

Broad has led England in just two matches, last month's six-wicket win over India and June's nine-wicket beating at the hands of Sri Lanka.

Chances to add to his leadership knowledge will be incomplete in front of next year's World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, and he is desperate to seize every chance.

"It's unsatisfactory, missing these two games was unsatisfactory," he added.

"We've got a Twenty20 World Cup this time next year and it's main to learn and build going into that."

Broad, who also suffer a stomach muscle tear during last winter's Ashes, recognized how packed the international calendar is but refuse to blame for his injury troubles.

"Its part of professional sport, you're going to choose up injuries," he said.

"We do play a huge amount; it takes a toll on your body and when you get time to recover you have to use it wisely.

"The boys have got November and December as downtime, that's pretty unusual in the international schedule, then once we fly to Dubai in January (to face Pakistan) it's attractive much non-stop for two years."

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Broad hope to carry Test impetus

England Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad said that they are looking to carry the energy of the Test series into the one-off T20 vs India on Wednesday.

"Fans and media want you to win but the real force for us is in the changing room - it's a game we want to win and are fully focused. We are keen to do well," said Broad on the eve of the T20 match.

The pacer, however, was quick to point out that the Indians are a different kettle of fish in games that are played with the white balls.

"It's a different format. Indians are strong in formats which are played with the white balls. Besides, we haven't seen a huge amount of them in this format, haven't done the investigate and it can catch us by surprise," said the captain.

"Cricket is big in India. They have some brilliant players, exciting youngsters and we expect a tough challenge," he added.

Broad, though, added that India would be hurt by the absence of some key players like Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan.

England are defensive world champions but Broad felt it gave his side no cushion, particularly since they play so little Twenty20 international matches.

Broad said: "It's not easy when you meet with other players for three days in couple of months. In World Cups, like the one in the Caribbean, we could get impetus even though we had at first lost a practice game in Abu Dhabi."

England played a practice game among them at Old Trafford on Tuesday morning and Broad said the idea was to see how players react to pressure in match situations.

"We wanted match intensity, match force for the guys. You know which shots give you value, how do you bowl Yorkers in the hole, how do you bat in the first six overs, in the middle overs and then at the death overs," he explain.

"The fast bowlers tried innovative method to practice bowling yorkers constantly in the middle. An iron rod was put on top of two hard slabs, placed on the two sides of the pitches. If a fast bowler could bowl under the iron rod, it destined he had been able to bowl a successful yorker," he added.

Broad said that the practice match was also intended for players to get used to different angle of the ground.

"The position of the square has been changed for this game. What were directly boundaries earlier are now sweeper boundaries. We need to get used to the size of boundaries." he said.

England had lost the Twenty20 match next to Sri Lanka earlier this summer and Broad said the over-riding lesson from the game was they hadn't put enough runs on the board.

"We review every game. Where we unsuccessful was to put runs on the board. If we can set a competitive total, we have the bowlers to protect it. That's what we learnt from the Sri Lanka game," he said.

Broad said Twenty20 has been a learning knowledge for him, even though he's the captain of the side.

He added: "I try and watch as much as I can. You watch how a batsman can dig it over keeper's head and the next ball he can send it 20 rows back in the stands. You realize how serenity in international Twenty20 cricket is important."

England are experiment with three different captains for three formats of the game and Broad believed it was essential for the amount of cricket that is being played.

"It's impractical for one captain to deal with all three formats because then he would be playing every day of the year. Besides, each captain can bring different ideas to each format. It's worked well so far," said Board.

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Broad: England chase top spot

Stuart Broad says England is "hunting" top spot in the ICC Test rankings after victory over India at Lord's.

Needing to take the series by two clear Tests to move above their opponents in the standings, England made the perfect start with an impressive 196-run triumph on Monday.

Broad, though, insists the squad is not resting on their laurels, and is strong-minded to turn in another strong presentation in the second Test at Trent Bridge, which gets underway on Friday.

"We knew we wanted to start the series well," the Nottinghamshire bowler told in front of the game at his home ground.

"We had talk about it, chiefly the first hour, so to come away from Lord's with victory is just the ideal start.

"We know it's only one Test out of four and that India are the best team in the world, so we need to be right on it at Trent Bridge.

"We've got huge leaders of our group - people like Andy Flower and Andrew Strauss - and we will be very listening carefully on that first hour at Trent Bridge.

"The great thing about Trent Bridge is that it's a really good cricket wicket, but you can lose the game inside the first hour since it can swing around. If you're 50-5, you're in a bit of trouble.

"The boys are hunt that No.1 slot and we need to be right on the money all of the time."

Broad positively played his part in England's success at Lord's, final up with match figures of 7-94 and also weighing in with an winning half-century in the home side's second innings.

The 25-year-old had been under force going into the match, only just keeping his place in the final XI ahead of Yorkshire's Tim Bresnan, after lasting a lean series against Sri Lanka at the start of the summer.

"It's always nice to take wickets and score some runs, but more highly to add to the team winning," he added.

"It was nice to pick up some key wickets and help Matt reach his hundred, which was a special moment, but it all starts again at Trent Bridge.

"The boys are really focused on that. It was an amazing win at Lord’s; we really enjoy sitting in the changing room on Monday evening, but the mind soon switched on to Trent Bridge and looking to go 2-0 up."

While England is on a high, India has plenty of problems ahead of the match in Nottingham.

Their most pressing anxiety is the fitness of Zaheer Khan, who suffers a hamstring strain on the opening day at Lord's and did not bowl again.

"We saw Zaheer in 2007 at Trent Bridge and he caused our batsmen problem. We know he is a skilful bowler and he would use circumstances well," Broad said of the left-arm seamer.

"Obviously, we don't know how he is going to pull up, but we must focus on what we have got to do.

"We need to regulate our line and lengths - you do get good value for pitching the ball up at Trent Bridge - and a lot of catches can go to the slip, so that's something we will be working on in training."

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