be at the top we still think the same way there is no point in chasing longterm goals every day every test every opposition is important the one thing that matters is whether the journey has been fruitfulduring those days the indian team had a mental block we were always tagged as poor tourists we clearly hadnt learnt how to do well forget win away from home after that 2001 series triumph whenever we toured abroad we carried a certain confidence within ustrent bridge demolished demonsengland will forever rue riling up zaheer with jelly beans in this game zaheer had recently returned after a county stint a fitter and fiercely determined pace spearhead his performance here fashioned a memorable series win zaheer picked up 18 wickets at 20 swinging the ball both ways his match figures of 9134 including 575 in englands second innings ensured a 7wicket win at nottinghamzaheer khan talked to k shriniwas rao on india vs eng 2nd test july 2007personally before the tour of england in 2007 i was under a lot of pressure i had picked up a number of wickets on the county circuit just before we landed with a big mission on our hands i was expected to continue in the same vein and im glad i succeeded to an extent as we went on to win the series this performance will always be one of my favourites i still remember the first day in the lords test it didnt go according to our expectations at all especially mine it was only from the second day on that things turned aroundeventually by the time i picked up a fivewicket haul at trent bridge we had all adapted to the conditions and were playing as a welloiled outfit i found my rhythm too and was probably bowling as well as ive ever done i was of course coming back from injury and it was important for me to get into the groove quickly many feel that i have become a better bowler after my forced break that i learnt a lot from my injuries i dont agree fast bowlers have always been prone to injuries when i look back i can say one thing though time teaches you a lot of things nothing is more valuable in cricket than just playing the game the more you play the more you learnon this tour we grew stronger with each session each day similarly i would say over the 10year period we became mature and more confident with each test each win im not much of a believer in numbers or rankings winning is a continuous process and that is what a team like australia for example also believes in every match has to be played to the best of your ability and in the end if it counts for something bigger its highly satisfactory today where we stand in the test rankings is a very good example of that continuing processin 2007 even after