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![]() | Dilley critical of fielding blunders ![]() Richard Dawson took four wickets on debut Assistant coach Graham Dilley says England cannot afford the fielding errors that allowed India to reach a first innings 469 all out on the third day in Mohali. "We bowled with discipline and control to create some chances that weren't taken," Dilley said. "If you do that here, you should be prepared to be in the field awfully long." Slip-ups by Mark Butcher and wicket-keeper James Foster gave let-offs to Rahul Dravid and centurion Deep Dasgupta on Tuesday. And Foster was in trouble again on Wednesday, spilling a stumping chance after Indian captain Sourav Ganguly had gone down the track to spinner Richard Dawson.
But the Yorkshire off-spinner finally got his man, completing innings figures of four for 134 on debut, gaining praise from Dilley. "I thought the biggest plus was his temperament, bowling at world-class players on a pitch that didn't help him particularly," said the coach. "He bowled with control. That suggests there is a big future for him in the game. Someone with that sort of temperament can go on." Andrew Flintoff also impressed, consistently making the top order play and miss, although he failed to take a wicket. "We bowled with discipline and control, aggression when needed, but overall patience," added Dilley.
Bucknor told both players to take it easy and then lifted his thumb toward match referee Denis Lindsay's room to indicate that everything was under control. Lindsay later said there was nothing in the tiff. "It was an odd chirp. Nothing too personal," the South African official said. |
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