Dravid four runs, James Anderson to Rahul Dravid 4 runs

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Dravid four runs, James Anderson to Rahul Dravid 4 runs

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BOTHAM BACKS ENGLAND

According to one of England’s cricket Legends, The current world number one team will hold that position “for quite a while now”. Ian Bothem made the comments after England defeated Sri-lanka in their second test to level the series at one all.

England achieved the world number one ranking after defeating India soundly four tests to zero last year. It was a defining moment in English cricket to finally reach the world number one spot after so many years.

Unfortunately they lost their next series three tests to nil against Pakistan. The series which was played in the United Arab Emirates for security reasons was a disaster for English cricket with the team losing both its form and moral. Things went from bad to worse when they lost their first test to Sri-lanka meaning they had lost four test matches in a row.

Botham however believes that England’s poor form isn’t reflective of the team actual ability and that the team will hold onto the top spot for a while at least. When asked about what went wrong Botham responded by saying “I don’t know what went wrong in the first part of the winter. It was really weird, all of that.” Botham was especially critical of the English batting line up who he claims “just didn’t show up. Why that is, I haven’t got a clue, and I don’t think they know.” He said.

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CRICKET FOCUS: JAMES ANDERSON

James Anderson also famously known as Jimmy Anderson is an English cricketer who plays first class English cricket. James Anderson has represented the English cricket team by playing over 50 Test matches and over 100 One Day International.

James Anderson is a right arm pace bowler and had started his debut when he was just 20 years of age. He played his first test match against Zimbabwe at Lords and later in 2003 against South Africa where he experienced a dip in his cricket form.

The first test against West Indies in 2010 was held in Lords where James Anderson was brought in late, only in the second day. Surprising was the fact that James Anderson made only a single in a 19 ball innings. However with the wicket and the pitch matching to Anderson’s style, James Anderson was expected to excel and his performance was rather disappointing. He finished off by scoring only 32 runs both then improved in the second innings by taking two wickets in the second innings and that too one of the most important batsmen Chris Gayle. James Anderson finished with a statistic of 2-38 from 15 overs with England winning the match by ten wickets.

The team then moved ahead for the last test of the series. James Anderson was brought in at the end of the first day with the role of a night watchman. James Anderson put on a partnership of 44 runs with James Anderson contributing 14 runs. James Anderson was then given the ball to take charge of and again proved his worth by taking the first three wickets which again included he master blaster Chris Gayle leaving the West Indies for a meager 68 for 3 wickets. England went on to win by an innings and 83 runs. Surely more than half of the credit goes to Anderson.

Dravid four runs, James Anderson to Rahul Dravid 4 runs

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