Andrew Strauss targets Pakistan, Sri Lanka challenge - Cricket News Update
After dethroning India from world number one status, England's Test skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 to prove his team's superiority in Test cricket.
Speaking to media reporters at the Heathrow Airport of London before England team’s departure for the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 for a complete series against Pakistan, Strauss said that only by defeating the Asian cricketing giants, they can prove their world
number one Test status.
Strauss, who led England to a 3-1 Ashes win down under and thrashed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 4-0 at home last season, said that if they want to be regarded as world’s best cricketing side then they will have to win in all conditions.
"If you want to be regarded all round the world as the best side in the world, then you've got to win in all conditions," said the England skipper speaking to the media reporters on Monday.
England has not won a single Test in the subcontinent over the past ten years. Their last series win in Asia came 2001 when a Nasser Hussain-led English side defeated Sri Lanka 2-1 in a three-match Test series.
Strauss agreed their status in the subcontinent has been quite patchy in the past, however, he said that his side is in good form and this was the best chance to break the win-less jinx.
"http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 born opening batsman of England.
"I think it's a really good time for us to have a lot of sub-continental cricket because we've done well over the last two years or so and this is a kind of new frontier for us, to win and hopefully win consistently in the subcontinent,” he added further.
This would be the first time since the infamous 2010 England-http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 series that both the sides will be playing against each other. Pakistan’s 2010 tour of England was marred by the spot-fixing saga embroiling three Pakistan players; the then captain Salman
Butt, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Asif-c1993.
Strauss hoped that both sides would play to the spirit of game to live up to the hype.
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