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PITTSBURGH -- Jeff Lockes back forced the issue of whether the lefthander would pitch in next weeks All-Star game. The Pittsburgh Pirates starter will miss Sundays game against the New York Mets and sit out the midsummer classic due after his back tightened up during a 2-1 loss to Oakland on Tuesday. "It hasnt happened before, thats why Im speechless," Locke said. "Ive never had anything pop up like this." Gerrit Cole will start in Lockes place against the Mets and National League manager Bruce Bochy will have to find a replacement for Locke on the 34-man All-Star roster. The 25-year-old Locke has been one of the biggest surprises for one of baseballs most surprising teams. The lefthander emerged from a heated battle during spring training to make the team as the fifth starter and has flourished. He is 8-2 in 18 starts and his 2.15 ERA ranks second in the majors behind Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw. Locke said he felt some discomfort toward the end of his seven innings of work against the Athletics. The symptoms lingered into Wednesday and flared up again during a weightlifting session. "I felt like I opened up the wound again," he said. He went through his normal bullpen routine on Friday and against Saturday but he and the Pirates decided it was best not to force the issue with Cole available. The former No. 1 pick is 4-2 with a 3.68 ERA and will start on five days rest. Locke, a New Hampshire native, will travel to New York for the All-Star festivities but will not be available to play. Barring a setback, Locke will make his next start on Sunday, July 21 against the Cincinnati Reds. "The only thing Im disappointed about is not being able to go (Sunday)," Locke said. "Its not one of those things where I cant go (Sunday) but I can go in the All-Star game. I think itd be disrespectful to the team. I dont think its even questionable ... 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England have played out five draws - the most for any visiting team. In comparison, Australia have lost 11 of the 17 Tests they have played and have a loss percentage of 64.71. South Africa, who have usually competed well in India, also have a higher loss percentage than England, owing to their 0-3 drubbing in 2015. 1 Number of series wins for overseas teams in India in the last ten years. England won a four-Test series 2-1 on their previous tour, in 2012, becoming the first visiting team to beat India in eight years. Before that, Australia had won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2-1 in 2004-05. There has been only one other series win for an overseas team - South Africa won 2-0 in 1999-00 - out of the 26 played in India since 2000.41.35 Englands top-order average (No. 1 to No.7) in Tests in India since 2000 - the second best for a visiting team and the best among non-Asian teams. Only Pakistans top-order, with an average of 45.89, has done better. Among non-Asian teams, Australia are a distant second at 35.62 runs per dismissal. However, batsmen - overseas batsmen in particular - have struggled in the last couple of years in Tests in India: South Africas top order averaged 16.69 on their 2015-16 tour - a far cry from an average of 51.44 from five Tests on their previous two tours.1987 The last time a five-Test series was hosted by India. Pakistan won that series 1-0. Overall, there have been 20 series involving five or more Tests in India, of which England have played eight. They had won their last such series 2-1 in 1984-85.141 Average deliveries faced by Alastair Cook per dismissal in Tests in India. Among the 43 overseas batsmen to have played at least ten innings since 2000, Cooks average is the third highest. Cook has scored 866 runs in 16 innings at 61.85, with four hundreds and three fifties. 145.50 Stuart Broads bowling average in away Tests against India, as opposed to his average of 17.79 against themm at home.dddddddddddd He has taken two wickets in 76 overs across three Tests in India. Overall, Broad has taken 46 wickets against India at 23.34. James Anderson has taken 22 wickets in seven Tests in India at an average of 29.81.52.64 R Ashwins bowling average in the previous home series against England. He took 14 wickets in four Tests and had a strike rate of 101.50. Since that series, however, Ashwin has taken 99 wickets in four home series at an average of 16.56, including 11 five-wicket hauls in 13 Tests.20.12 Virat Kohlis batting average in Tests against England - the worst for any top-order India batsman (No. 1 to No. 7) while scoring at least 300 runs against them. While Kohli has averaged 13.40 in Tests in England, his average of 31.33 against them at home is also his poorest against any team. 2 Number of grounds that will be added to the list of Test venues in India during the series. The Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot, which will host the first Test, and the ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam, the venue for the second Test, will become the 23rd and 24th Test venues in India. The last time England played the first-ever Test at a venue in India was in 1952, when Green Park in Kanpur became the sixth Test venue in India.20 Five-wicket hauls by spinners in 16 first-class matches at the SCA Stadium in Rajkot in the last five seasons. Spinners have taken 321 wickets at an average of 29.56 at this venue. As many as six ten-wicket hauls have come in those 16 matches, including one by Ravindra Jadeja. He has taken 38 wickets at this venue at just 16.15. Thirteen of those 38 wickets came in his last first-class match at this ground - a low-scoring affair in which all the 39 wickets taken by bowlers fell to spinners - against Hyderabad, when he took his second-best first-class figures.25.14 Fast bowlers average, as opposed to 58.18 for spinners in first-class matches in the last five seasons at the ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam. While fast bowlers have taken 135 wickets, including six five-fors in seven matches, spinners have taken just 43 wickets with a best of 3 for 19. However, in the recent ODI between India and New Zealand at this venue, 11 of the 16 wickets to fall in the match were taken by spinners, at an average of 12.45. ' ' '