Andrew Strauss lauds http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597 – Cricket News Update
England’s Test captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in the high-voltage four-match series.
Whitewashing the World Champions 4-0, the Englishmen wrested the No. 1 position in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Test rankings and became the undoubted kings of the traditional format of the game.
It was a dramatic finish to the competition, as England unexpectedly roared back into the game and sealed an emphatic innings and eight-run triumph in the final Test, played at the Oval, from August 18 to August 22, 2011.
Losing the last seven wickets for just 21 runs tells the story of India’s failure against the top-class English attack. Starting the proceedings on 129/3, the tourists dominated the first session of the final day, as they were on 216/3 at the lunch.
However, as soon as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Mishra-c871 went back to the pavilion, the collapse began and the famed Indian batting line-up once again gave a practical example of how inconsistent they can be.
While Ian Bell did a fantastic job for the team with the bat by hitting an incredible 235-run-kncok, Graeme Swann played his part well with the ball, grabbing nine wickets in the game.
The jubilant Strauss admired both cricketers for their respective batting and bowling performance and said that the two players made the difference in the crucial clash.
"It was outstanding again," said Strauss who expressed enormous delight while lifting the coveted trophy at the oval.
"It was Graeme Swann's day but when you look at the start of the game, Ian Bell's innings was the best I've seen him play. We knew it was going to be hard work today but we knew we had a lot of time," added England’s two time Ashes winning skipper.
Meanwhile, he expected his side to keep the outstanding work going in the upcoming limited-overs clash against the Men in Blue, saying that after achieving the glory in Test cricket, his side’s imminent goal will be to hammer Indians in the forthcoming five-match
ODI series.
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