Andrew Strauss focussed on the job in hand – Cricket News Update
Despite all the hype involved with the on-going London Olympics 2012, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964, the England captain, is able to remain focussed on the job in hand and vows to deliver the goods in the second of the three-match Test series against South Africa, which
starts today at Headingley, Leeds.
The home team, which is the world’s number one ranked Test side, was thrashed in the first match at the Oval by an innings and 12 runs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, who started the series as underdogs, are now clear favourites to dismantle the Poms, looking a far superior
team in all departments of the game.
With a deficit of 0-1, Strauss and company have no room for error as they must avoid defeat in the series, in order to retain their top ranking.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 skipper understands that his team is not getting enough media coverage because of the Olympics, but made it clear that his side must raise their game against the Proteas, moving forward from the Oval debacle.
"It is an important Test and the fact you only get one page at the back of the paper rather than four is of no consequence to us," he said. "It's rightly the case that everyone's attention is on the Olympics, and we are rooting for British medals with everyone
else, but we have to divorce the two completely. If someone gets a gold medal it is not going to help me get a hundred tomorrow unfortunately."
The home team is likely to make a couple of changes for the second match, with young middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RS-Bopara-c2373 opted out of the squad because of personal reasons.
Strauss is confident about the 22-year-old cricketer’s abilities, although a series of such intensity always tests an inexperienced player’s mettle. On top of that, the visitors possess one of the finest bowling attacks of world cricket in the presence of
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Morkel-c73528.
"And you can see by the way he holds himself that he has quite an old head on young shoulders," the England captain added.
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