India tour of England: England Vs India 2nd Test Live Scores at Nottingham, Jul 17-21, 2014
Teams: England Vs India
Venue: Played at Lord's, London
Time:Match scheduled to begin at 11:00 local time (10:00 GMT)
Toss:
Last five matches
England: D L D L L
India: D D L L D
Preview
England have endured three footslogging Tests this summer against Sri Lanka and India on unresponsive pitches. Something was bound to give - if not the interest of the crowds then the patience of the players. So it is perhaps understandable to some degree that the build-up to the Lord's Test has been dominated by allegations of an unseemly spat between James Anderson and Ravindra Jadeja in the drawn first Test
Match Stats
1.Ian Bell's average in the last 17 Test innings without Pietersen in the side is 28. However, he enjoys batting at Lord's, where he averages 57.
2.England's winless run now extends to nine Tests since their victory against Australia at Chester-le-Street last August, their worst run since 1992-93.
3.Mick Hunt, the Lord's groundsman, or "head of grass" as he sometimes puts it, extended his range of expertise beyond cricket last winter when he visited a school in Donaghmore, Northern Ireland, to advise on the state of their muddy gaelic football pitches.
Teams
England team:AN Cook,IR Bell,SCJ Broad,JM Anderson,MJ Prior,LE Plunkett,Chris Woakes,Ben Stokes,Gary Ballance,Joe Root,Chris Jordan,Moeen Ali,Sam Robson
India team:G Gambhir,I Sharma,MS Dhoni,RG Sharma,V Kohli,WP Saha,M Vijay,RA Jadeja,Pankaj Singh,S Dhawan,CA Pujara,AM Rahane,R Ashwin,B Kumar,VR Aaron,I Pandey,Shami Ahmed,STR Binny
