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| December 17, 2001 | Monday | Shawwal 1, 1422 |
India scared of England, says White
LONDON, Dec 16: England all-rounder Craig White on Sunday claimed that Nasser Hussain’s men have the psychological edge over India ahead of the final Test which starts on Wednesday and even claimed that the home side were “scared” of the English.
Despite India having easily won the first Test, White believes that England were the moral winners of the drawn second Test.
And White, who scored a century in England’s first innings, now believes the tourists have the upper hand as they bid to square the series in Bangalore, home town of ace Indian spinner Anil Kumble.
“We realise now we put lots of pressure on the Indians and them not going for those runs on the final day shows how much they are worried about us and we have to take that as a big compliment,” White said.
“We have an inexperienced bowling attack and they shut up shop early on so we have to take a positive from that and they are scared.
“If we draw the series it will be a fantastic effort. They are expected to win the series so all the pressure is on them, so I think we can give them a show in the last Test.
“We’ve got a good challenge ahead of us and we’re all looking forward to it.”
White put England’s vastly improved performance in the second Test down to hard work in the nets after being beaten by 10 wickets in Mohali.
“We were written off before we came out here, everyone thought we were going to get beat 3-0 and we really pushed the Indians, had a good chance of winning the Test match, and unfortunately couldn’t do it on the last day,” White told the BBC.—AFP
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