http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 issues a warning to English batsmen – Cricket News Update
The English Test skipper, Andrew Strauss, has warned the batsmen against complacency and urged them to start performing, as no one is assured of a permanent place in the national side.
The 34-year-old has urged the English batsmen to find their lost form and come good against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 in the third and final match of the Test series at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, or risk losing their place in the team.
Issuing a notice to everyone in the English ranks, Strauss said, “You can't keep underperforming forever. So all of us have a responsibility on our shoulders to improve our game. I've been a strong believer that no one is guaranteed their place in the England
side. The environment only works properly if there is pressure on you for your place, so we all have to work very hard for the next five days.”
Pakistan has dominated England in the ongoing Test series winning the first two Test matches and sit at an unassailable lead of two games to nil. The English team needs to win the third Test in order to retain their number one Test status that they attained
after defeating http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 4-0 last year in August.
Batting has been the biggest concern for England on this tour. The ever reliant English batsmen are averaging well below 30, and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 who has a career average of 55.42, is averaging a mere 35.25 for the series. The credit goes to Pakistan for dismissing
them early in the innings.
Strauss asserts that the English team is better than what the statistics show. The skipper believes that England’s inadaptability to conditions has been the cause of their recent downfall.
He said, “I still think we paid the price in the second Test for our failure to adapt to conditions on day one of series, when there was not much for the spinners but we did not play as well as we should have done.”
Strauss wants his a response from his team in the final Test match which starts on Friday, February 3. He expects to end the Test series on a winning note.
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