India's tour of England
England captain Nasser Hussain led from the front on the first day of the first Test against India at Lord’s, scoring 120 not out and helping his team post 257/4 at stumps.
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England captain Nasser Hussain is aiming for a minimum first innings score of 400 after he scored his 11th Test ton in the first Test against India at Lord's.
The England skipper cautioned his players to show the same kind of patience that he displayed during his 262-ball innings in the next four days
"It was not a pitch you could go out and get a hundred in three hours," Hussain said.
"It was a five-hour hundred. That's how I enjoyed batting today and I wanted to bat all day as well. It was pleasing.
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Alec Stewart was presented with a commemorative bat in the Lord's outfield before making a record 119th Test appearance for England.
The bat, with gold plates listing all of the Test countries that the wicketkeeper-batsman has played against, was handed over by England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Lord MacLaurin.
Stewart passes former team-mate Graham Gooch, who made 118 appearances for his country.
He now stands ninth on the all-tim Test list, two behind West Indies great Viv Richards but well off the record 156 appearances of Australia's Allan Border.
Miscellaneous
Gloucestershire have signed South African Jonty Rhodes for the 2003 season but face a battle to keep hold of Australian Ian Harvey.
Rhodes will be one of two overseas players at Gloucestershire next summer but whether he will be joined at the County Ground by Harvey remains unclear.
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A dispute over Sri Lanka's team for the second Test against Bangladesh has deepened, with the sports minister quoted as saying Muttiah Muralitharan should be reinstated.
The off-spinner was one of eight top players told even before the series began that they would be left out of the squad for the final match, in favour of younger men.
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