England Cricket Focus (28 Jun 1998)
DARREN Gough's attempts to prove his fitness ahead of Thursday's third Test were frustrated yesterday as heavy rain washed out the first day of Yorkshire's three-day match against Cambridge University at Headingley
28-Jun-1998
28 June 1998
England Cricket Focus
The Electronic Telegraph
- DARREN Gough's attempts to prove his fitness ahead of Thursday's third Test were frustrated yesterday as heavy rain washed out the first day of Yorkshire's three-day match against Cambridge University at Headingley.
Gough was hoping to test his right index finger in a match situation
for the first time since it was broken by Allan Donald three weeks
ago. But the England selectors, who met last night to choose the squad
for Old Trafford, will be none the wiser.
"I have been netting and it was a bit sore," said Gough. "But I won't
know much more until we play."
The testing unit, who must now examine every player at selected games,
were given the names of 11 Somerset players which excluded Mushtaq as
he was at home with a virus and duly tested them while they practised
in the indoor nets. The Pakistani had recovered sufficiently yesterday
to take his place in the Somerset team.
Peter Anderson, the Somerset chief executive, said: "I pointed out to
the drug unit that they could come back 24 hours later and test the
actual team, but apparently that was not possible."
The Warwickshire and West Indies captain, who boasts a Test average of
79.2 against England, has taken only 13 runs off Ireland at an average
of 4.33.
Leg-spinner Connor Hoey had Lara caught for four in 1991, the great
man was nearly into double figures four years later when he gave Neil
Doak a return catch and his sixth-ball dismissal against McCallan's
off-breaks extended his embarrassing record.
Source :: Electronic Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk)