Dravid's shoulder plays spoilsport What will Rahul Dravid be doing for the next fortnight? The man who has struggled to score at any strike-rate higher than his age will be cooling his heels and staying away from the cricket rather than playing the Challenger Trophy and the one-dayers against England. He is set to to travel to South Africa and undergo rehabilitation treatment for his right shoulder. The 'Wall' experienced trouble with his shoulder as early as the latter stages of the South African tour. Taking advantage of his presence in the country, Dravid consulted Cape-Town-based Dr. Jo de Beer, an orthopaedic surgeon. At the time, Dravid was advised to exert his shoulder as little as possible, avoiding throws from the deep. Dr de Beer did clarify, however, that the injury was not related to the rotator cuff; Dravid's statemate, Javagal Srinath, suffered from a rotator cuff injury that put him out of action for almost one year.

Planning is everything for Duncan Fletcher England have a very professional coach in Duncan Fletcher. In a country where cricket lags far behind professional football in public appeal, Fletcher and Nasser Hussain have brought the focus back on the game. Fletcher knows his job and sticks to it, allowing his players to believe in the plan that he helps them lay out. Speaking about the tactics employed by his team, Fletcher said, "At the end of the day, you must have a look. They are 100 runs behind us. It was obviously a clear plan; we wouldn't have done that otherwise. We asked ourselves what is the best method to knock India over a lot of runs behind us and that is what happened." Fletcher defended his team's tactic, labelled negative by many in the media. There was a sense of pride in his eyes when he talked about the fact that his team were in the box seat with India all out for just 238. "This Test could have ended up as a very good match. Somewhere along the line, we need to have a plan that lays out how we are going to dominate and win a Test match," he said. "If it is a flat wicket, that approach is not going to help; you have to come out with a plan to counter that." "Sometimes people say with cricket that it is nice to see these sort of things, where battles go on and plans takes place, and here we have a great situation," he said. "The other strange thing about it is that when Shane Warne does it all the time, it is positive cricket, because he is playing on the patience of the batter; this is what I hear."

England agree to extra one-day match in India Following hectic parleys between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), a sixth one-day international match has been fitted into what was originally a five-match series between India and England in January-February 2002. The compromise reached by the two boards also involves a fourth Test match to be included when India tours England next summer. The amicable decision thus ends a disagreement that, at one stage, threatened the entire Indian tour of England. The one-day series is now due to start on January 19, with the first game to be played at the Eden Gardens in Calcutta. The second match is scheduled for Cuttack on January 22. The remainder of the itinerary is unchanged; Chennai on January 25, Kanpur on January 28, New Delhi on January 31, and Mumbai on February 3 will host the other four games.

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