{"id":12543,"date":"2012-07-19T00:59:37","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T22:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/07\/cricket-onions-may-be-ruled-out-of-first-test-at-the-oval\/"},"modified":"2012-07-19T00:59:37","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T22:59:37","slug":"cricket-onions-may-be-ruled-out-of-first-test-at-the-oval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-onions-may-be-ruled-out-of-first-test-at-the-oval\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Onions may be ruled out of first test at the Oval"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

By Richard Sydenham<\/span><\/p>\n

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LONDON, July 18<\/span> (Reuters) – England pace bowler Graham
\nOnions may be ruled out of the opening match of the three-test
\nseries against South Africa starting at the Oval on Thursday
\nafter a hamstring strain forced him to miss training on
\nWednesday.<\/p>\n

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Onions, who played in the third test against West Indies
\nthis year, is competing for the third fast bowling slot with Tim
\nBresnan and Steven Finn.<\/p>\n

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South Africa would overtake England at the top of the world
\nrankings if they win the series and England captain Andrew
\nStrauss told a news conference on Wednesday he expected a lively
\nstart to the series.<\/p>\n

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“\u201cSouth Africa are a very fine side and they’ll be
\ndetermined to knock us off our perch,” Strauss said.<\/p>\n

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\u201c”There will be an extra bit of spice because it’s the two
\nbest teams in the world, but every series I’ve played against
\nSouth Africa has always been very keenly contested and I don’t
\nthink this will be any different.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m certainly very excited about it and it will be a good
\ngauge for us. The rankings say we are number one and we have to
\ngo out and prove that now.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

England’s most recent home series defeat was against South
\nAfrica in 2008.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

South Africa fast bowlers Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel are
\naccustomed to English pitches as are leg-spinner Imran Tahir and
\nswing bowler Vernon Philander, who both have English county
\nexperience.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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