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England 84 for 0 (Strauss 52*, Cook 27*) trail India 224 (Dhoni 77, Broad 4-53, Bresnan 4-62) by 140 runs
India arrived in England this summer as the world's top-ranked Test side and with high hope for their much-vaunted batting order but none has clicked so far.
Hampered by injury to Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, although, they have together failed to deliver, failing to even reach 300 or bat out 100 overs in any of their first five innings....
It's been hard for the batsmen to become familiar: Fletcher
India's well-known batting lineup has flop for a fifth successive innings as they are stressed to handle the alternation and seaming conditions in England, India Coach Duncan Fletcher said on Wednesday.
So far India, a team which include the two highest tests runs scorers in Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, has failed to score 300 runs in a single innings during this series and are in danger of relinquish the top test ranking to England after...
'Shahzad has an attitude problem'
Former Pakistan manager Intikhab Alam said opener Ahmed Shahzad was not accessible a central contract by the PCB because of corrective issues and attitude problems.
Alam, a former Test captain, said that in spite of being warned by the chairman of the Board, Ijaz Butt, Shahzad had issues of regulation and attitude problems which are why he was out of the team.
"His performance was not an issue in not contribution him a central contract. In the...
Johnson bowls Australia to 1-0 go ahead
Australia 192 for 3 (Watson 69, Clarke 53*, Ponting 53) hit Sri Lanka 191 (Randiv 41, Johnson 6-31) by seven wickets
Australia cruise to a seven wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international in Kandy on the rear of a career-best bowling display from Mitchell Johnson.
The left-armer claim six for 31 from his 10 overs as the hosts were bowled out for 191 at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Suraj Randiv top scoring with...
'Wasim must mind his own business'
Pakistan's chief selector, Mohsin Khan, has reacted strongly to former captain Wasim Akram's disapproval on the selection of the national squad for tour of Zimbabwe.
Mohsin said he was upset with Akram's comments that the selectors needed to show constancy in select younger players and that they should not have dropped pace bowlers - Umar Gul, Tanvir Ahmed and Wahab Riaz - for the Zimbabwe tour.
"I am distress because Wasim does not use much time...
