Dreaming a test ton at Lord’s and beating the Englishmen on their own turf seems to be the zealing desire of the ‘Master Blaster’.
The 34-year-old has the highest, 37 test tons under his belt, scoring 10,922 runs. However, his individual highest score in five Test innings at Lord’s is just, 31.
The current test series at England is also special for many senior players of Team India like Tendulkar, Dravid, Ganguly and Laxman probably considered being their final test as they are on the verge of attaining their peak age of playing.
The previous tour to England was late back in 2002 with the current tour scheduled nearly five years after, so it might be that 2011 or 2012 could be the next time of play, at the great cricketing home.
Tendulkar said:
It’s an extremely special ground for me. This is a ground where all the batters dream of getting a hundred and I’m no different. I also remember visiting here as a 14-year-old kid and I had a photo of myself taken sat next to the sight screen at the Nursery End - as a kid you have big dreams and one of them was to be out there and play. It looks like this is going to be my last England tour but that doesn’t make things different.
The Indians are also glad to see Andrew Flintoff, England’s allrounder out of the recent test-series. Flintoff’s performance against India has been quiet noteworthy. Moreover, the hosts will also miss the services of their fast bowler Steve Harmison.
Having not faced much, Indians are now perhaps looking forward to face England spinner Monty Panesar.
Panesar, has recently established himself as one of the best spinners in the world, grabbing 65 wickets in 17 Tests. The last test-series win witnessed England whitewashing the West-Indies, in which the spinner played the anchor-role.
