Andrew Strauss terms Test victory over Sri Lanka as most dramatic match in his career
Enormously delighted over his team’s remarkable win in the first Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964, has acknowledged the victory at Cardiff as one of the most dramatic moments of his Test career.
On the fifth day of the match, plenty of overs were lost due to the inhospitable weather at Cardiff and the match was going towards a draw. With only 51 left in the day, English side had 10 wickets to get in order to start their season on a winning note.
The Poms came out in style and sealed an emphatic innings-and-14-runs triumph as the visitors collapsed on a paltry 82 in the second innings of the match.
Earlier in the match, England, responding Lanka’s total of 400, posted a mighty score of 496 in the first innings. With a lead of just 96 runs, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Christopher-Timothy-Tremlett-c51014 bowled outstandingly in the second innings and led their side to a thrilling win by picking up four wickets each.
Expressing his delight over the team’s superb bowling and fielding performance on the fifth day, Strauss said, "I think it will go down as one of the most extraordinary cricket matches any of us have played in. In the morning I was saying this was one of the drabbest matches I've ever played and suddenly it changes round so quickly. There's not a more remarkable finish I can think of.”
The skipper further described that he is extremely impressed with his teammates who continued their ruthless http://www.senore.com/Cricket/March-c74391 in the match. According to official figures, only 922 fans came out to watch the fifth days’ play. However, he made it clear that the bad weather kept the spectators away from the stadium.
The classy left-hander added, "That was one of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Richard-Griffith-c41953 challenges for us, to create our own feeling of intensity. It was a small crowd but they got into it and all credit to them for doing so.”
Meanwhile, he urged his players to shift the winnings momentum into the second Test, scheduled to be played at Lord’s from June 3 to June 7, 2011.
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