Ganguly to miss third one-dayer

Published January 25, 2002

CHENNAI (India), Jan 24: India captain Saurav Ganguly is unlikely to play in Friday’s third one-dayer against England after suffering a hamstring injury.

“Saurav pulled a hamstring when he bent to pick up a ball during a routine fielding drill this evening,” coach John Wright told reporters Thursday. “He is most unlikely to play tomorrow.”

Teams (from):

India: Saurav Ganguly (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Vangipurappu Laxman, Dinesh Mongia, Virender Sehwag, Hemang Badani, Ajay Ratra, Ajit Agarkar, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Javagal Srinath, Sharandeep Singh, Sanjay Bangar, Zaheer Khan.

England: Nasser Hussain (captain), Marcus Trescothick, Nick Knight, Graham Thorpe, Michael Vaughan, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Jeremy Snape, James Foster, Ashley Giles, Darren Gough, Matthew Hoggard, Owais Shah, Andy Caddick, Ben Hollioake.—Reuters/AFP

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