Andrew Strauss is not ready to give up yet – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964, is not ready to call it a day in international cricket and is geared up to deliver the goods in the Test series against West Indies, which is going to commence today at Lord's.
Strauss has been a great servant of English cricket over the years and has led his team to number one spot on the ICC Test Rankings.
The 35-year-old cricketer has scored more than 10’000 runs in international cricket but he retired from limited-overs cricket after a disastrous http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011, as the English team could not qualify for the semi-finals
of the tournament and lost group matches against minnows like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751.
The left-handed opening batsman has been struggling with the bat recently and has scored just one Test hundred in his last 50 innings, which is way below his standards.
After the series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, England is scheduled to play a full-fledged series against South Africa, which is a much awaited battle in the world of cricket as the series will decide the best Test team of the world.
Strauss is excited about the challenge and vows to lead his team to victory against West Indies and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757. The opening batsman understands that he needs to score runs in order to set an example for the other players and is
disappointed that he has failed to convert his starts into big knocks.
"The big series against South Africa is round the corner as well so I'm really excited to get stuck in, hopefully score some runs myself and lead us in what we hope will be a successful summer, It's always a challenge as an opener
to score runs. I've felt in reasonable form the last six months but 20s and 30s aren't what we're looking for," Strauss said.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Middlesex-c817 cricketer expressed that some of the previous English captains had to retire from international cricket because of their lack of form, and it maybe the case with him as well, if he does not improve.
"There may be a situation where that has happened to England captains in the past and maybe it will to me in the future,” he added.
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