Cricket: THUMBS UP FOR NASSER.NASSER HUSSAIN Nasser Hussain (born March 28 1968, Madras (now Chennai, India) is a former Essex and England cricketer. He was born of an Indian father, Jawad (also known as "Joe"), and an English mother, Patricia, who changed her name to Shireen on conversion to Islam. returns for England tonight - but there will be no blaring music, not many fans and only his newly-mended thumb at stake. Hussain is satisfied, after a 20-minute net and subsidiary tutorial with coach Duncan Fletcher
Duncan Andrew Gwynne Fletcher OBE (born 27 September 1948) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer, former captain of the Zimbabwean cricket team and former coach of the English cricket team. , that floodlit flood·light n. 1. Artificial light in an intensely bright and broad beam. 2. A unit that produces a beam of intense light; a flood. tr.v. shadow boxing with Zimbabwe at Edgbaston is an appropriate stage for his comeback. The England captain managed to hold a bat without discomfort for the first time yesterday since he cracked his left thumb on June 24. But Hussain is ready to lead from the front again in the dress rehearsal for Saturday's NatWest Series final at Lord's and end Alec Stewart's highly-successful interim spell in charge. He said: "I had a round of golf on Sunday to test out my thumb and it felt fine." Although he has camped at the top of the order in one-day cricket since last year's World Cup, Hussain's return is unlikely to dislodge Stewart's promising opening partnership with Marcus Trescothick. Unlike Hussain, Nick Knight - fit again after a broken index finger break - will have to sweat on regaining his place, despite his reputation for one-day expertise. But even if England picked Lord Lucan tonight, they would struggle to fill Edgbaston, where sky-high ticket prices have ensured another commercial flop. Only 11,000 seats have been sold for the game, and Warwickshire have been forced to scrap karaoke cricket's rock music jingles to comply with a council noise abatement order. Saturday's final at Lord's will also be shorn shorn v. A past participle of shear. shorn Verb a past participle of shear Adj. 1. of tinsel tin·sel n. 1. Very thin sheets, strips, or threads of a glittering material used as a decoration. 2. Something sparkling or showy but basically valueless: the tinsel of parties and promotional events. and pop jingles. The MCC (The Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation, Austin, TX) The first high-tech research and development consortium in the U.S., created in 1982 by leading companies within the electronics industry. , who decorated last month's Lord's Test with a reggae concert, have decreed that frivolity Frivolity Blondie the gaffe-prone, frivolous wife of Dagwood Bumstead. [Comics: Horn, 118] Dobson, Zuleika charming young lady who unconcernedly dazzles Oxford undergraduates. [Br. Lit. is out of step with the ground's traditional hush. PROBABLE TEAMS ENGLAND: Alec Stewart, Marcus Trescothick, Graeme Hick, Nasser Hussain (capt, left), Graham Thorpe, Andy Flintoff, Craig White, Mark Ealham, Andy Caddick, Darren Gough, Alan Mullally. ZIMBABWE: From Neil Johnson, Guy Whittall, Murray Goodwin, Alistair Campbell, Andy Flower (capt), Grant Flower, Stuart Carlisle, Dirk Viljoen, Heath Streak, Bryan Strang, Gary Brent. Live on Sky Sports 1 from 2.30pm WEATHER: Sunny spells, cool and clear evening. |
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