Zaheer, after scalping both wickets, hobbles off with an injury
India's troubles with starting tours continued here at Lord's on Thursday. Although there was some fine bowling, the fielding and the catching let India down. It ceded the honours of the first two sessions to England, which went to tea at 127 for two. Jonathan Trott, reprieved twice, was unbeaten on 58 and Kevin Pietersen, who didn't look entirely convincing, was on 22.What made it worse for India was the injury to its best bowler, Zaheer Khan. The extent and seriousness of the injury was unknown at the time of writing.Earlier, the start of the 2000th Test was held up a flimsy morning drizzle. With the pitch under cover — a posh hovercraft does duty here; canvas sheets are infra-dig — and the atmosphere heavy with moisture under cloudy skies, the toss wasn't straightforward.

















