Matt Prior credits batsmen for England’s convincing series win against India – Cricket News Update
The wicketkeeper batsman of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Prior-c1984, has hailed his team’s batsmen for consistently notching up colossal individual scores, which led the hosts to amassing mammoth totals in the series so far.
The 29-year-old South Africa-born English cricketer wrote in an article published in a leading UK daily, that the startling individual performances from England batsmen in every innings of the series just put the pressure on the Indian attack as they
could not bounce back at any stage in the series.
"They just put pressure on every bowler,” wrote Matt Prior in his article. “It didn't matter which bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 turned to, they just took the attack to him and by the end of our innings you could see the Indians were pretty disheartened,” the gloveman
added further.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379, left the field with a hamstring injury after a clinical spell of 18 for 2 from 13.3 overs, eight of which went maiden. The Indian
spearhead was later ruled out of the whole tour with the recurring hamstring strain and an ankle injury.
After Zaheer’s injury, the Indian attack struggled against the formidable England batting line up. The hosts have so far struck seven centuries and 11 half centuries, as compared to India’s two centuries and 8 fifties.
Three English batsmen have notched double centuries in the series so far. The double centurions include http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 (202 at Lord’s).
Kevin Pietersen is leading the runs chart of the series with a tally of 533 runs at an average of 106.60, including two centuries and two half-centuries. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597 sits behind KP with a tally of 504 runs at an average of 84.
England, leading the four-match series 3-0, are in a commanding position in the ongoing fourth and the last Test at The Oval, where the tourists were struggling at 103 for 5 at stumps on Day 3, on Saturday.
"It is our job to keep them there and down for as long as possible, and that is the way we want to play as we aim to remain the best for a long time," said Prior.
A 4-0 whitewash would take India to third position on the Test rankings one spot behind http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757.
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