da betobet： Marcus Trescothick believes he is a likely starter in the fourth and final Test against India at The AMP Oval on Thursday, despite palying in just two one-day games since breaking his thumb in a G&G match at Taunton six weeks ago.
da bet sport： Stephen Lamb03-Sep-2002Marcus Trescothick believes he is a likely starter in the fourth and final Test against India at The AMP Oval on Thursday, despite palying in just two one-day games since breaking his thumb in a G&G match at Taunton six weeks ago.Trescothick was speaking after a net session against a bowling machine delivering at up to 85mph.”If I was pushed I would say I’m more likely to play than not,” he said. “There were a couple of balls from Matthew Hoggard in Saturday’s C&G Final which I felt, but it’s been like that in nearly every net session.”Once you get through the pain barrier it seems to be all right. It is a mental barrier for me to get over – it was a bad break and it’s all a question of me getting over it because it’s mainly a confidence thing.”We cranked up the bowling machine at just short of a length because playingoff the back foot is when it causes me the most problems, but the more Ipractice, the happier I feel about batting.”Meanwhile the Essex all-rounder Ronnie Irani is hoping to convince the selectors that he is fully recovered from surgery to his right knee, after being given the all-clear by a specialist in Munich.”If I had even a small percentage of doubt I wouldn’t be here, Irani said. “You can’t risk your international career – this is a big game and you’ve got to bust a gut to make sure everyone is fit and ready, but I wouldn’t be able totake that chance.”It would be wrong for me as an individual and it would be wrong for the England set-up and I can’t afford for that to happen and that’s why I went yesterday to Munich, I’ve done everything I possibly could to test whether I’mfit for this match.”Irani’s last England appearance was on the same ground three years ago, when England lost to New Zealand to go down 2-1 in the series.That match in 1999 was really hard and a major disappointment to everyoneinvolved,” he admitted. “If that had been my last Test, it would have been a dreadful memory to keep.”Nasser made a bit of a joke about it the other day, talking about ghosts tolay and it does bring it home about how tough it was that day in 1999.”I remember Nasser getting a bad reception on the balcony and all memories like that stay in your mind, but this is another Test with a lot riding on this game.”
