V England India: Matt Prior provides the springboard of England to achieve status-1 Test

Prior to this date, the defence of before had resist the Ishant Sharma, his incisive end.

The ball that overthrew Jonathan trott between bat and pad was as the breakbacks with which Sharma rich Ricky Ponting to announce itself. and it was a time when before would have been the same way.

With lunch and captain of the India, before had only two balls of Sharma front it has been established. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has refused to lift its best Launcher into the breach after lunch: it could not afford to have the Sharma to break with Zaheer Khan with three upcoming tests.

Despite this, he should have Sharma a short shot.

As is the case, fate of Sharma will cause no doubt to the ICC, to review their record XI of Test of angry emails. "It is a real scandal that Ishant is not in your team place G McGrath - and, at the same time, why is not Dhoni third seamer instead of Wasim Akram.

Past 50, prior to the attack of hurry the Declaration.

Once a sculptor is flagged for offside, he registered only 42 on the offside here and 61 in the leg. The India do not - have never had - an express, certainly not when pace bowler Sharma and Praveen Kumar tired and slowed down to a bed. It is against fast bowling, especially the short ball, on the heights rapid Johannesburg and Perth that prior batting was exposed.

For the moment, in this game of some wonderful game, double 103 and 71 prieur step out taken alongside Kevin Pietersen exit step and Rahul Dravid unbeaten excellence 202.

Wicketkeepers appear to be prohibited from man-of-the-match award - when a guard never decide? - But if they bat in both runs, they become eligible.

When before kept window - just ten minutes to transform Tower after a hundred - his stock rise as the thermometer. The commentators of the sky never crowned had the best wicketkeeper/batsman in England - and his 45 Test batting average is higher than the Ames or Alec Stewart.

Then he was crowned the best wicketkeeper/batsman in contemporary cricket: a most contentious choice. Dhoni has kept poorly because he does not play in the game of solitary practice against Somerset and, like many a guardian of the visit, he was exposed when the ball was tipped after tongue and then soaked.

Time to compare previous with Dhoni will come at the end of this series.

Dhoni is still a lot of forward advance when it comes to to run - although the gap is now closed by a couple of catches off the bowling of Graeme Swann coast and an accepted quicksilver.

Before, was crowned however not the best batsman/wicketkeeper, of all time.

Coach Andy Flower on average 53 when keeping the Zimbabwe window. But the Supreme exponent was Adam Gilchrist, a goaltender better than the flowers and the largest of the counter-attackers. From the front, it was the Pontiff.

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