Stuart Meaker called up as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harold-William-Stephenson-c61707 Finn’s cover – Cricket News Update
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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) made the announcement in a statement on Saturday, saying Meaker will return home to resume the England Performance Programme once Finn is available for selection. The Surrey seamer was set to fly to India on Saturday.
Finn picked up a thigh strain in the opening hours of the first warm-up match against India A, in Mumbai last week, and is now doubtful for the first Test of the four-match series. commencing on November 15, 2012.
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Finn underwent scans on his strained thigh the same day he picked up the injury, but the England team management is yet to announce the results of the scans. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820, on Saturday, November 3.
Meaker, 23, whose international experience is limited to just two One Day Internationals, is expected to play in the final tour game against Haryana (November 8-11), before the first Test. The South Africa-born fast bowler has had an impressive 2012 season, which he finished as Surrey’s leading wicket-taker, picking up 44 wickets in 10 LV = County Championship games at a startling average of 22.56.
The Surrey pacer does not possess the height of Finn, but his pace and ability to swing the new and old ball both ways remain his strengths. He is the fastest bowler recorded at the National Cricket Performance Centre of England.
If Finn fails to recover in-time for the Ahmedabad Test, Tim Bresnan and Graham Onions will vie for the third seamer spot in an attack fetauring Stuart Broad and James Anderson.
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