He scored in both Tests against the world champions, leaving previous IRB Player of the Year winner Bryan Habana flat on his back in the first Test before bamboozling five Springboks to score in the Second Test in Pretoria.

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Monday's effort was Dillon's second five-wicket haul in a Test, His previous best was a burst of 5-111 against Pakistan in Karachi in December 1997.

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England now have five days in which to prepare themselves for the second Test, which begins on Friday in Antigua.

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England needed to bat out the final day of the second Test at Taunton to secure a draw, but seamer Jhulan Goswami's second five-wicket haul of the game left India with a target of only 98 and they duly knocked off the runs.

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Gethin Jenkins and Adam Jones were both injured in the 28-25 second-Test defeat and had operations on Saturday, with five Lions sent to hospital in total.

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The 27-year-old made only one and five in the first Test against New Zealand and was left out for the second match.

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He passed a fitness test on Wednesday, but needs to wait until the morning of Thursday's second Test before being able confidently to say whether he can get through five days or not.

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The series will feature the usual five Tests, starting at the Gabba in Brisbane before moving on to Adelaide for the second Test and then Perth for the third.

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