http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 – Second Test Match: English Batsmen to watch out for
After an impressive run at the opening Test fixture at Lords, the English marked an exceptional win at the legendary 2000th Test match at their home turf after defeating the tourists with 196 runs on July 25, 2011.
However, the win came with complements to the talented English players, but primarily the side’s top order batsmen, displaying an exceptional performance after posting a resistant chase for the Indians.
As for the upcoming 2nd Test fixture scheduled to take off on July 29 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, both teams will now gear up to offer the audience some more thriller as Indians hope to make strong retaliation against the hosts in an attempt
to hold on to their top world test ranking.
As for the English side, skipper Andrew Strauss will again rest his reliance on the much constructive batting line up to pose more threat for the Indian visitors.
Indian bowlers will, therefore, have to watch out for the English batting talent comprising of Captain Strauss, Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, and Kevin Pietersen.
Andrew Strauss
Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964, opens up the English batting order. Though the player failed to make much impact in the opening Test, however, Strauss will hope to come out with his true might in the upcoming fixture. In his collective aggregate on the opening
match, Strauss contributed a total of 54 runs from two innings.
However, the player still stands out as a strong asset for his side, not only as a skipper, but as a batsman with strong goodwill to his name, earned through an impressive cricketing profile.
Strauss, 34, made his Test premier at Lords against the Kiwis in 2004 and since then, he has served his side in a total of 86 matches with an impressive total of 6165 runs at a modest strike rate of 49.95.
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Cook comes in as another English opener as well as a potent member of the squad. Making his Test debut in 2006 against the Indians, Cook went on to earn an impressive profile spanning over 5 years. The player has represented his team in 69 Test fixtures
with 5533 runs including his best not out performance of 235.
Like his counterpart Strauss, Cook has so far not proved his true batting skills after earning a disappointing 13 runs contribution from his two innings. However, Indian bowlers will have to watch out for Cook, due his ability to retain some long lasting
stumps.
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One down batsman, Trott, may prove to be another potent threat for the Indians after offering an impressive batting display in the opening innings of the recent Test fixture against the tourists. The player seems to be in good form, following his run at
the recent series against the Sri Lankan side.
As for the opening bout, Trott cruised on to scoring an impressive half ton after being declared out on 70.
Trott holds a fair Test career, which took off in 2009 against the Australians. The batsman has participated in 22 matches with 1959 runs at an average of 61.21.
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Pietersen surely marked the day after the English dangerman earned an exceptional 202 runs while remaining not out at the legendary 2000th test at Lords.
With an aggressive profile to his name, Pietersen stands out as the English hard hitter, able to offer some strong blows to the opponent.
With a 6 year Test profile to his name, Pietersen unquestionably stands out as a real threat for the Indian bowlers. The player marked his debut in 2005 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 following which he went on to add a total of 75 matches to his profile with an aggregate
of 6031 runs at an impressive strike rate of 62.36.
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