V England India: batting collapse gives tourists hope on the fourth day of the opening Test at Lord's

The captain of the titillé England the first down a fine leg and down the next ball through mid-wicket as the seamer dropped short.

While Strauss progressed serenely 20, Alastair Cook collected just one in 27 balls before Praveen to Mahendra Singh Dhoni feathers behind the wicket.

It was a second failure of the match for Cook, who was in the form of his life since the winter in Australia trip and had in his 10 previous sleeve from the Lord of six centuries.

Trott was gifted a first boundary by Sharma, whose short shot sitting to be affected by the side of the leg, and was soon quickly running between the wickets to keep moving dashboard.

After 12 overs, the India turned to Harbhajan Singh, who was to, hold an end in the absence of Zaheer Khan injured.

A piece of poor implementation of Sharma Donna Strauss four more, but Suresh Raina showed his teammate as soon after, sending almost Trott return with a direct strike.

India tightened well things to defeat England and had their reward when Strauss came to sweep Harbhajan was pinned LBW for 32.

With Pietersen to fold, expenses of its early innings of 202 step out.

No there is no repetition of such heroic however, Pietersen gloving a rising delivery from Sharma to Dhoni was beaten for pace and bounce.

Sharma then cranked the pressure with a second window five balls later.

Bell followed Pietersen back for a duck, drifting of a more comprehensive than located Sharma pace delivery that had eluded him visibly on the first two days.

After 54 for one, England lost three wickets in 10 balls for the addition of a single term.

Trott was the next to fall to the revitalized Sharma, who this time were fishing one through the defences of the drummer to overthrow him to 22.

That put England in conflicts 62 for five years, with an entry more 10 before the break.

India were victimless hamstrings Zaheer and Sachin Tendulkar on the ground, the latter suffering a viral infection.

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The ashes of 2010: Michael Clarke sustained Australia Captain Ricky Ponting has decided in fourth test

Ponting fractured finger in his left hand three day while trying to claim an edge ratchetting Jonathan Trott.

And he has failed to take the field day four in Australia wrapped a victory of 267 - run at the series of five matches 1-1.

Ponting should be excluded from the consideration of the next day, Clarke, as the current vice captain, would normally be the natural successor and step Ponting footwear.

However, Clarke form this series has been poor, questions raised about his temperament and qualities of directing the Baggy green in the test arena.

Clarke scored just 115 runs this series, with an average of 23 - far from ash last year, where he was the top scorer of the Australia with 448-64.

These fears, however, were disregarded by selector Aussie Greg Chappell, who told the Sydney Morning Herald: "Michael is our next captain." Whenever it may be - we hope that it is not for some time yet - but we are happy with his skills as a master.

"He made a number of times in one day cricket, his tactic is very good." There is no doubt, it is ready for it. »

Chappell also admitted that the Ponting Capitainerie would be under threat should England retain ash - which can be obtained with the victory in any two remaining tests.

"Watching him (Ponting) in the nets, he is well, Angels" said Chappell. "Perhaps the pressure of this series (touched him)." I think that in his own mind that he he built as a very important series.

"He had no mental freedom, that it should, perhaps, fights with freedom, we know that he is able." I hope that could give him the freedom to go out there and play in Melbourne victory here in this match test (Perth), removing some of these pressures, as we know it can. »

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V England Sri Lanka: fourth one-day international match report

Sri Lanka bowling, being more singular than England, were less well prepared to make the ball to leave the couture. Skidders low Lasith Malinga came to bat nicely while others were unable to Bowl in their field.

In a clever gesture, given the forecast showers, Cook has compounded their misery by taking the frappeurs PowerPlay in the 11th, the four overs (reduced due to the two lost overs) the transferor 38 runs.

England are often won by 10 wickets and it was the fourth time it happened. But this game, the lawn bowling and the manner in which the batsmen were harried by the threat of rain to achieve their total (reduced to 171 by Duckworth Lewis) off the coast of 23.5 overs, was designed and executed perfectly to set up a thrilling deciding at Old Trafford Saturday.

With conditions perfectly suited to James Anderson and Tim Bresnan, the pair set the mowing high order of the visitor.

Anderson struck in his first, third and fifth overs, after England had won the toss and put Sri Lanka into bat, while Bresnan got the wicket of Mahela Jayawardene award in his second over.

Jade Dernbach then found the channel with a golden period for three wickets in 10 balls as the tail floundered against his mixture of York swinging and slower balls.

The Commander in the two games which have won Sri Lanka, Jayawardene, with many others it seems, appears has a mental block when the ball moves laterally off the coast of sewing.

He did well in the series of trials, showing hesitant bags instead of his usual lavish features, and he died playing another here.

When the new ball twitches and snakes on off the field, England pace bowlers become batsmen in the world and at a certain time, Sri Lanka, which sank quickly at 20-4 a little chance to make three figures.

Two years ago, when the distinctive bridge Trent projectors were to be unveiled, South Africa were dismissed for 83, winning before they even in England was to be turned on.

This nasty has been avoided this time on the basis of some threatening clouds (they have been initiated by 3 pm) and a wonderful knock combat Kumar Sangakkara 75.

Earlier this week, Sangakkara delivered the Colin Cowdrey lecture to the Lord, an inaugural event on the spirit of the CMC of cricket initiative. By all accounts, it is an impressive matched here by a masterful innings including three phases have been survival, consolidating and accelerating until it was the last man out for 75.

His only true alliance came with Angelo Mathews, arriving seven hours after Sri Lanka had sent Randiv to try to hit the pins off the coast of their length.

Randiv is 18, but prior to be taken on the side of his leg to become the first victim of a day for four months a broad grateful Stuart. It could not be how broadly expected to break his drought but when you're desperate means will be.

Mathews, fine, wide thrown forward and Jade Dernbach for six as he and Sangakkara added 72 for the sixth wicket.

But just as he and his mentor threatened to take the total of Sri Lanka in the competitive field, Bresnan withdrawn a wonderful caught and flipped with his fingers that looked like little potential even when slow proper motion cameras revealed how he had succeeded to make up the ground to turn on the edge of terminal Mathew.

Later, Sangakkara found anyone who could remain in the first major race and four taken Dernbach last wickets in 25 balls.

Even his words warning could not prevent the batsmen from ways daft, there too was convicted after calling for the Powerplay frappeurs in the 40th on only three balls after Nuwan Kulasekera came.

With men up to and singles suddenly cut off, the desire of her biff above the becomes irresistible to tail-enders told not to do something stupid. Not for the first time the advice fell on deaf ear.

Three previous 10-window WINS England in more than 50 international representatives

Beat the West Indies, Chester-le-Street - July 15, 2000.

Beat Bangladesh, the oval - June 16, 2005.

Fight the South Africa, Nottingham - August 26, 2008

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Andrew Strauss backs England to turn series around after victory over Australia in fourth one-day international

Having lost the first three one-day internationals to an Australian side chastened by Ashes defeat, England secured a 21-run win in Adelaide built around Jonathan Trott's anchor innings of 102.

Trott's efforts pleased Strauss but it was the contributions for previously out-of-form players like Matt Prior (67), Paul Collingwood (27) and Michael Yardy (39no) that gave the skipper cause for optimism.

Asked if an improbable 4-3 series win could now be achievable, Strauss said: "I don't see why not.

"We absolutely desperately needed a victory and we were very determined to do so, but we needed a couple of good performances.

"Jonathan Trott's hundred was a very high quality innings and we probably could have got more than our 299, but that is generally a defendable total here and the bowlers did a good job.

"Matt Prior did brilliantly too. To come in after two ducks and play so positively showed his attributes. He played some good shots down the ground and scampered between the wickets to put the Australians under pressure.

"We needed Colly to get back into form and he came in in a good position where he could play some shots which will help him. Michael Yardy also played in the inventive way he can, which was good to see."

Trott was also pleased to have notched a second one-day hundred having been left short on 84 no in Sydney last time out.

"We spoke before the game about getting big partnerships and I'm glad to have done that," he said.

"(Boundary hitting) is something I've been working on very hard to improve and it's important to have those options.

"You're learning all the time with this game but keeping the basics and doing them well is always important."

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The ashes of 2010: Shane Warne demanded the return of Nathan Hauritz the Australia seek to turn the fourth test

Call require it: Shane Warne said Nathan Hauritz lead spinner for the Australia photo: EPA

Beer, who took 16 counters from first class to an average of 43 in seven games, was a shock for inclusion in ash 12-man for the Perth test squad and seems likely to play in Melbourne, after that it has been preserved in an unchanged squad ahead of the CWM confrontation.

But with the battle of ash gently ready in 1-1, Warne was called to the Nathan Hauritz shaped be rushed to the side for Sydney and Melbourne tests.

"I think that Beer was a horse for the selection of courses (in Perth)," Warne wrote in a blog for Daily Telegraph Australia.

"What has impressed me on Hauritz, he returned and wickets taken and runs."

"As I said before the test series, I think Hauritz merit the earliest opportunity, and if it doesn't work, try the next in line."

"I think therefore that it still stands that Hauritz deserves a chance to Melbourne and Sydney."

Hauritz, who was dumped controversial at the expense of Xavier Doherty before the first test at Brisbane, took 19 ATMs 26.78 six apparitions first class home this season.

He arrived off the coast of consecutive centuries with the bat smashed against the Southern Australia 146 and 110 not externally against Queensland over the last two weeks.

While he did not share their current choices, Warne urged selectors do step to go in without a meter specialist.

"In the past, (le) Melbourne test match was always need a meter as do not always choose you a team for the first round," he says.

"It is difficult to change a winning team, but I think that would play a counter".

"The only reason why a counter plays is if the Australia want to go with five seamers, including [Shane] Watson and lots of our beloved, friendly enough Chin Music Bowl."

"Remember that we are Watson with fast Bowl and when the conditions suited if we play 4 rapids and Watson we have five seamers".

Warne also played suggestions that CWM curator has been tasked to spice up the window in a bid to ensure a repetition of the Perth result.

"This is a one-stop home so there is not much you can do for the scheme," he said.

"It will be flat and hard toil to launch after the ball has lost its hardness after that 30-35, in the mark."

"It is hot in Melbourne and remain as follows for next week, it might be a little more grass on it at the beginning, but I don't think it's a conspiracy theory."

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The ashes of 2010: Usman Khawaja waiting to replace the injured Ricky Ponting for Australia in fourth test

Reserve: Usman Khawaja is ready to repalce Ricky Ponting of the fourth test of ashes if the captain of the Australia is excluded with a fractured finger photo: GETTY IMAGES

Ponting has suffered the damage when it Paré capture second slip to wicketkeeper Brad Haddin dismiss England Jonathan Trott later in the day, three of the examination of third in Perth.

National selection panel Chairman Andrew Hilditch said: "the national security policy are confident Ricky Ponting will be available for the next test, thanks to an abundance of caution we named Usman Khawaja as the player mode ensures.

"Usman richly deserves this opportunity after his excellent form at the national level, the last season and continue on this season. »

The new Khawaja was outstanding form in Sheffield shield this season, leading run-scoring with an average of 76.8 598 graphics.

And born left-hander Pakistan insists on the fact that it is ready if called by his country of adoption to replace Ponting.

"I've said this before, I think I was ready when I was six years old," he said. "I think that everybody is ready to play for the Australia."

A national team former opener Justin Langer, sharing, trust the Hilditch Captain Ponting out on the field when the action gets underway at the CWM.

"I would be surprised that if Ricky plays in this test, it is difficult that physically and mentally", said Langer.

"One - all, next test, a chance to win the ashes, it will definitely be there."

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