Somerset v Indians - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s tour to England 2011 - Match Preview and Toss report
In a series, touted by many as the best of the best clashes, India will play the only practice match against Somerset, at Taunton, today July 15, 2011.
The news from the middle is that Somerset have won the toss and elected to bat first.
It will be the Indians who will battle against the English domestic outfit, as they prepare themselves for the real test in less than a week’s time, against the England national team, at Lord’s, in the first of the four nPower Test matches.
The biggest news from the Indian camp has been that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-c73820 is rested.
Indian opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abhinav-Mukund-c41758, to prove his mettle while opening the innings.
However, it will be a good outing for the experienced players like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-James-Muchall-c60376 needed match practice under their
belts.
The biggest news from the Somerset camp is that their captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964.
England’s Test captain, Strauss, was believed to partner Trescothick today, bringing back the memories of the pair, which once used to open the batting for their national side.
However, Strauss will now deputize at the expense of the former England star, which last represented the national team in 2005.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rose-c86842, speaking regarding the omission of the left-hander, said: “It is a long and taxing season for Marcus as a captain chasing success in three competitions and the fixture list offers few changes for him to take a break.”
The English domestic outfit recently played a County Championship Division One match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/C-Kieswetter-c1206, who played a sublime knock of 164 in the first innings.
However, he is also set to miss the warm up match, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alfonso-Clive-Thomas-c43292 taking his place.
The other century maker was middle-order batsmen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Charles-Hildreth-c65540, who will be hoping to carry his good form against the Asian giants.
As for Somerset’s bowling attack, it will be spearheaded by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Charl-Myles-Willoughby-c49674, the South African left-armer, who is hoping to test the Indians with pace and bounce upfront.
Touted as a friendly match, the biggest test for the Indian batters will be their ability to deal with bounce. Although they possess the best batsmen in world cricket,the pitches in England will be very different as compared to their home turfs.
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