One statistic put the EnglandIndia series into perspective: England's last five wickets averaged 57 runs each; India's 20. This was no accident, for the England lower order spend almost as much time in the nets as the main batsmen. Importantly, though, there is no pressure applied to them from the top and middle order: each lowerorder batsman ("tailender" now feels obsolete) is encouraged to be positive and do what comes naturally, as long as it is not reckless and takes into consideration both the batting partner and the match situation.."I'm a very honest person. You ask me something, I'm gonna be straight up about it, I'm gonna be open and honest about it. I didn't go to school to be a politician, I've never been politically correct, and I think that's been a fault of mine.

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