By Henry Olonga Former Zimbabwe cricketer

I cannot see any merits in Zimbabwe changing their team for the second Test in Chester-le-Street.

They all performed poorly at Lord's and I think they will want improvement from everyone on Thursday.

That said, the batting did look a little thin at Lord's.

The team is full of all-rounders which is not a bad thing but what it does mean is you can get exposed.

The England attack at Lord's was not as good as an Australian attack but Zimbabwe were still exposed.

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At the Riverside, there will be no Matthew Hoggard but on the other hand there was a big boost for England when Mark Butcher put it on the spot in the first Test and swung it a bit.

Obviously the young players, Steve Harmison and James Anderson, will be confident they can do the bulk of the bowling.

Nasser Hussain had the luxury of swapping them around as and when he wished to get the break.

Hoggard was the senior bowler of the three at Lord's.

With him out of the picture it's a slight setback for England but it's an opportunity for Richard Johnson or James Kirtley to get in and stake their claim.

England are 1-0 up and will be excited about playing the second Test. Any young man given the opportunity to play will certainly try to impress.

I don't think the weather will influence things much. The first two days at Lord's, when it was overcast, was when the Zimbabwe team were bowling and when they didn't use the conditions they had.

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When England bowled it was sunny weather, but they still managed to swing it.

The technical shortcomings of the batsmen will be exposed on any wicket if the ball is swinging in the air.

Whether the ball is swinging a lot or a little bit, the fact that it is swinging is going to be the undoing of the Zimbabwean batsmen if they don't move their feet.

I have heard the wicket is a bit flat at the Riverside so it may well be that the Zimbabweans put on a better score.

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They did manage to score 400-odd the other day in the warm-up match against Middlesex.

Stuart Carlisle has scored two centuries in the warm-up matches and Grant Flower has some good scores behind him.

It's a matter of carrying that over into the Tests and there is no reason they shouldn't get 350-plus unless Anderson decides to spoil the party.

There's a lot happening in Zimbabwe at the moment with the recent arrest of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and that will definitely play on the players' minds.

There's a lot of tension and a lot of fear. It also means if there were protesters at the beginning there will probably be more in Durham.