Alastair Cook wants to lead by example, says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 – Cricket News Update
Impressed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026’s brilliant ton in England’s first tour match against India ‘A’, James Anderson, the right-arm fast bowler, is all praise for his captain and said that the left-hander wants to lead from the front.
Having won the toss, the home team posted a competitive total of 369 runs on the board, due to fighting half-centuries by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abhinav-Mukund-c41758.
In desperate need of a strong reply, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 were jolted early in their innings, having lost Nick Compton in just the second over. Cook however, took the responsibility on his shoulders and played out of his skin to help his side take control of the match.
The left-handed opener scored 119 runs off 269 balls, in which he struck 14 boundaries. Cook accumulated 169 runs for the fifth-wicket partnership with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Samit-Patel-c2426, who also completed a fascinating hundred to enhance his chances of finding a place in the playing-11 for the Ahmedabad Test.
Anderson believes that his skipper has a tough character, who never gives up in any situation, setting the right precedence for his teammates.
"It's to be expected, really, that's the way he is, very determined," Anderson said. "He wants to lead by example and he showed exactly how he wants to do that in this game."
England’s bowling spearhead understands that his team have a massive challenge ahead of themselves as beating http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 and company because of their vulnerability against the turning ball.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lancashire-c806 player thinks that the lower-order must contribute and support the top-order batsmen in the Test series, like they did in the tour game.
He mentioned, "We need guys to score hundreds, we need the lower order to help out with runs - I thought http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Prior-c1984 played brilliantly today as well. The spinners are going to get wickets against us, it's a turning pitch out there, day three of a wicket it's going to turn and we are going to lose wickets to spin."
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