The England cricketers will be looking to wrap up the five match ODI NatWest Seires. Unfortunately their fans may show their divided loyalties as England play Germany in the FIFA World Cup 2010 on Super Sunday. ( Wimbledon forgotten in the midst? )
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Sachin Tendulkar was a major draw at Wimbledon on sporting Saturday. But he may not be expecting too many people watch him play in the MCC team tomorrow. That is because the old war horses lock horns in what should be a pulsating football match tomorrow.
Such is the expectation that even the England cricketers are a tad distracted and bracing themselves from getting disturbed when fans will suddenly leave their seats or turn on the radio to follow the other sport.
So much is the anticipation that Old Trafford is preparing to open its doorways to cricket fans who want to leave for a bit to watch the football and then, return to the action back on the cricket field. Perhaps it is reasoning that rather than have fans not turn up at all, it would be a way of offering a bit of both worlds.
Andrew Strauss will be intent to drum into the boys the need to wrap the series with Australia having hit a rough patch as England aim for a treble after beating their arch rivals in last year's Ashes and then again in the final of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
Ponting can certainly use all the distraction he can get...
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