England fans placing a bet on sports are still waiting to
discover whether or not they will have Stuart Broad and Steven Finn available
for the first Test against India in Ahmedabad.
The fast bowling duo returned to the nets following their
respective injuries, but England will have to leave it late before deciding to
include either or both for the first Test.
Broad has been struggling with a heel injury, with Finn
suffering a thigh strain soon after arriving in India.
While the back-up bowlers all did their best to strengthen
their cases during the drawn warm-up clash against Haryana, there is little
doubt the selectors will be desperate that both Broad and Finn are able to play
the first Test if possible.
Alastair Cook admitted he would have liked Finn and Broad to
have been able to get more practice time under their belts before the first
Test, but the skipper made it clear it would be a huge boost to the team to
have both fast bowlers in the line-up.
"In an ideal world, I'd certainly have liked them to
have had more match bowling. The one part of this preparation period that has
not quite gone right is those two not getting some overs under their belt.”
"But what we do know is they are quality performers,
world-class bowlers. It'd be great if they were fully-fit, and had some overs
under their belt, but they haven't,” admitted Cook.
It will be interesting to see just how effective either
bowler would be should they play the first Test.
Neither has manage to get many overs under their belts since
arriving in India, and it certainly weakens an area of England’s team that will
need to be firing on all cylinders if the tourists are going to have their best
chance of success.
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