http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 asks his teammates not be complacent – Cricket News
Despite being the favourite side in the imminent Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, England Test captain, Andrew Strauss, has asked his teammates not be complacent and replicate the performance that they demonstrated in the Ashes series in Australia last year.
English side has been unbeaten for last seven Test series and meanwhile, they won the Ashes in Australia after a gap of 24 years. However, Strauss asked English players not to be over-confident as the real battle for supremacy in the Test cricket has just
begun.
The Poms are currently lying at the third position in the in the International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in order to be at the top.
"We have got to learn lessons from what we did well in Australia and put those into practice again but our goals have shifted completely now. We achieved quite an important goal for us as a side - to win out there in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 - but our goals now have turned
towards this summer and beyond," said Strauss.
The classy left-hander, who recently retained his Test captaincy, further stated that his first challenge, as skipper, will be assuring England's comprehensive triumph in the upcoming Test series. The skipper described that even though the team will have
home advantage, it will not be an easy task to defeat talented Sri Lankan team.
Terming the next two series as a great opportunity for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 to become No. 1 team in the world, he made it clear that they players need to perform out of their skins to establish their dominance in longer version of the game.
The classy left-hander added, "This is the start of a new cycle in a way. It is the start of a very busy and difficult summer for us and it is hopefully an opportunity for us to make a step forward to becoming number one in the world.”
The Cardiff Test, starting today, will be Strauss’s first outing as skipper after his One-day international (ODI) retirement and he aimed to start his new stint on the winning note.
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