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England's only hope is to attack: Naseer Hussain

London:If things don't go well for England at Lord's and they lose this Test match there can be no excuses. Everything they asked for beforehand, they got. In his column in Daily mail, former England



There is no doubt there is still mental baggage from last winter in Australia for those senior players. This side, the senior guys, were used to winning and being national heroes. Losing wears you down. You have only to look at who is doing well in this side and it is the young players who have come in, such as  Ballance and Joe Root.

But there is no let-up in Test cricket. They can't go back to county cricket and score runs like players used to be able to. These players must fix this themselves. Someone has to play that Jadeja role if England are going to have any chance whatsoever. Whether it's Stuart Broad, Ben Stokes, Matt Prior, whoever. Someone has to take the attack to India. Otherwise there is only one outcome, I'm afraid.