Steve Finn likely to miss Ahmedabad Test – Cricket News Roundup – Part I – November 13, 2012
With less than two days to go into the much awaited Test match between India and England, at Ahmedabad, the latter are sweating over the fitness of their frontline seamer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harold-William-Stephenson-c61707 Finn.
The 23-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 two weeks ago, and was expected to recover in time to take the ball in the opening Test of the four-match series, starting at the Motera Stadium here in Ahmedabad, from November 15 to 19.
However, the gangling fast bowler did not appear in the nets on Tuesday and the England wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ST-Finn-c2566 playing, then he probably would have had a long bowl today,” Prior told the Sky Sports News on Tuesday.
South African skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, at Brisbane.
“I think our bowling we can certainly raise a level a lot on what we showed in this game and I look forward to seeing that,” said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 after the draw on Tuesday. “We didn't really bowl well in partnerships to create enough pressure on Australia's batting, certainly on day four,” he added further.
The potent South African pace attack, being led by the world’s best seamer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757’s first innings total of 450 - setting a 115-run lead for the tourists.
Ace http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 with “too much respect” in the forthcoming Test series, as he believes admiring the latter too much would take away the competitive edge.
“There is no question in my mind that he (Sachin) has been one of the best batsmen...but we’ve to make sure we do not treat him with too much respect in the middle,” the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lancashire-c806 pacer wrote in his column for the Daily Mail ahead of the four-Test series starting on November 15 in Ahmedabad.
It may be noted here that Anderson has been most successful against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chinnadupargea-Sachin-c50607 Tendulkar during England-India Test bouts, dismissing the veteran on seven occassions. The first Test of the four-match series starts in Ahmedabad on Thursday, November 15, 2012.
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