09 aug 2011
Even as rioting continues unabated in the UK, India and England are preparing for the third test starting at Edgbaston tomorrow. There has been speculation that the test match will be called off and that talk intensified shortly after the international football friendly between England and the Netherlands to be played at Wembley was called off.
Even as authorities scrambled to calm nerves of both Indian English players, England captain Andrew Strauss has now left it to the security team to decide on the future course of action. Speaking to a leading English television channel, Sky News, Strauss said, "The advice we have been given is we fully expect the game to go ahead. I think it's up to the authorities to decide if the game goes ahead, so we're focusing and preparing as we would. There are extraordinary circumstances at the moment but to think anything other than the game going ahead would be wrong."
Meanwhile, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has seconded Strauss' opinion by stating the team was in England to play cricket and that he was hoping to have a go at the 'beautiful Edgbaston'. Dhoni added that his team has been following all the security measures put up by the authorities. "We were not allowed to go out of the hotel last night. The concerned authorities are monitoring the situation. Our job is to stay focussed and hope for the best."
Strauss went on to add that the preparations haven't suffered much and the focus will be very much to go out and have a good game of cricket. "We didn't see much of what was going on, although we saw quite a few police cars going back and forth. Our security team advised us to stay in the hotel, which was pretty wise, although we haven't really been directly affected by it. We'll be doing a similar thing tonight; we'll be sticking to the hotel from now in. We're very safe," he was quoted as saying to Sky News.
England have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four match series and are now eyeing the number one ranking in test cricket, which could be theirs by the time the series ends.
Edgbaston test to start despite riots in UK
Even as ECB officials have said the 3rd test in the ongoing series between India and England will go on as per schedule tomorrow, captains of India and England have expressed concern at the situation and have termed the riots very unfortunate. Late in the day, officials confirmed test match will begin and are hoping situation doesn't deteriorate further
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Even as authorities scrambled to calm nerves of both Indian English players, England captain Andrew Strauss has now left it to the security team to decide on the future course of action. Speaking to a leading English television channel, Sky News, Strauss said, "The advice we have been given is we fully expect the game to go ahead. I think it's up to the authorities to decide if the game goes ahead, so we're focusing and preparing as we would. There are extraordinary circumstances at the moment but to think anything other than the game going ahead would be wrong."
Meanwhile, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has seconded Strauss' opinion by stating the team was in England to play cricket and that he was hoping to have a go at the 'beautiful Edgbaston'. Dhoni added that his team has been following all the security measures put up by the authorities. "We were not allowed to go out of the hotel last night. The concerned authorities are monitoring the situation. Our job is to stay focussed and hope for the best."
Strauss went on to add that the preparations haven't suffered much and the focus will be very much to go out and have a good game of cricket. "We didn't see much of what was going on, although we saw quite a few police cars going back and forth. Our security team advised us to stay in the hotel, which was pretty wise, although we haven't really been directly affected by it. We'll be doing a similar thing tonight; we'll be sticking to the hotel from now in. We're very safe," he was quoted as saying to Sky News.
England have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four match series and are now eyeing the number one ranking in test cricket, which could be theirs by the time the series ends.
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