England v India - England’s Golden Moment to Shine
England’s ongoing four-match Test series against India is perhaps the best chance for the Poms to imprint their mark on the world of cricket by grabbing the crown of the number one team in the longest format of cricket if they managed to beat India in the
series.
On the other hand, India, which is the current number one team in Test cricket, has pride at stake and after becoming the World Champions in one-day cricket, the Indians certainly can’t afford to be humiliated by the English in England this summer.
England have been a very competitive side for the last three years, however, before the recent series, India stole their thunder due to the hype of Sachin Tendulkar’s anticipated 100th century in the history of the game. With this century http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chinnadupargea-Sachin-c50607
will become the first cricketer to achieve the feat of scoring the most number of 100s in cricket.
Nonetheless, the recent loss in the first Test at Lord’s has silenced the war drums which were being beaten throughout the cricket world in favour of the Indians, as they were being fancied to take the series without any hindrance.
However, the Lord’s test served as a reality check for the visitors who are now desperate to secure a victory in the second test currently being played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
On the other hand, this match will serve as a testing moment for England who do not want the series to be levelled in order to beat the number one team comprehensively to grab the top place in the game of cricket.
The current English side is surely the best in decades and while in past many in England had questioned the popularity of the game in the country where the game was actually born; this English outfit has clearly attracted the attention of the English fans.
The English are for once proud of their team and the football crazy nation is now actually taking interest in how their side is aiming to become the number one team in test cricket and one should also not forget that England aren’t just good in the test
cricket because they are the reigning champions in the shortest version of the game, the Twenty20, which the Poms won in 2010 under the captaincy of middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746.
With a winning streak like this, team England should never have been written-off by cricket pundits in the first place and England have always been strong when playing at home while teams from the subcontinent have always struggled under English conditions.
India is facing the same problem as their batsmen have failed to acclimated to the English wicket and have been marred by batting failures in the two tests that they have played so far in the series.
England’s win by 196 runs over India is testament to the fact that the hosts are in an impeccable form and are perhaps at their best.
Both sides are blessed with cool and calm skippers as England’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, have nerves of steel which helps them forge unexpected victories from a losing position.
However, so far Strauss has taken the lead as he has managed his side in a commendable manner by making sure not to let the Indian hype unnerve his team and maintain focus on winning the series.
It is now in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013’s hands to make the best of this series because this is their moment to shine.
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