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Thursday, July 28, 2011

No repeat of silly jellygate affair, says Strauss

By Richard Sydenham

NOTTINGHAM, England (Reuters) – England captain Andrew Strauss has betrothed no repeat of a “silly” jelly-bean situation which occurred a final time his group met India in a exam compare during Trent Bridge 4 years ago.

“I consider a guys have been some-more grown up now,” Strauss told reporters upon a night before of Friday’s second exam opposite a Indians. “They assimilate their shortcoming to a group as well as they know stupid small things aren’t assisting a group win.

“The approach we demeanour during any exam match, all we do has to be to assistance a group win. we consider we have schooled lessons from which … it was a stupid small thing as well as it won’t be repeated.”

The 2007 diversion in Nottingham was an unpleasant event remembered as ‘jellygate’.

India won a compare after gait bowler Zaheer Khan, blank this week due to injury, claimed 9 wickets. He took impulse from a antic by England’s fielders which saw preserve beans left upon a representation as he came in to bat.

Zaheer reacted by in a huff indicating his bat during Kevin Pietersen.

In a same compare paceman Shanthakumaran Sreesanth was warned for bowling a beamer during Pietersen as well as a Indian additionally delivered a bouncer from 20, rsther than than 22, yards during Paul Collingwood.

India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni pronounced written chaff was fine though combined which all a players indispensable to know what a excusable boundary were.

“That was 4 years ago as well as we goal we can keep a controversies away,” pronounced Dhoni. “I goal it will be a most calmer exam for a players as well as a compare referee.

“You have bounds as well as discipline which need to be followed so as prolonged as we have been next which line it’s satisfactory enough.

“You wish a bit of jabber to go around since that’s what creates cricket some-more interesting. As prolonged as nobody is removing personal it’s satisfactory enough,” combined Dhoni.

England have been 1-0 up in a four-match exam series.

(Editing by Tony Jimenez. To criticism upon this story: sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

No repeat of stupid jellygate affair, says Strauss

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