http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 vows to keep scoring big runs in future – Cricket News Update
England’s Test captain, Andrew Strauss, is relieved to have scored a hundred against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 at Lord’s and now the left-handed batsman is geared up to perform consistently at the highest stage of the game.
Strauss has been a key member of England’s Test batting line-up since making his debut in 2004. The 35-year-old batsman averages 41.26 in the longer version of the sport with the help of 20 centuries, which is quite an impressive record. On top of that,
he led England to the number one ranking in Test cricket last year.
However, the opener struggled to deliver the goods in 2011, and also for most part of this year, as he could not cope with quality Pakistani spinners in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 born cricketer just managed to score 316 runs in eight Test
matches in 2011 with an average of 28.72, which is not acceptable at the ultimate level of the sport.
A number of former cricketers raised question marks over Strauss’s position in the team and some analysts urged the selectors to replace the veteran with a young opener, who can serve the country for a longer period of time.
The left-hander scored a magnificent hundred in the Lord’s Test and answered his critics in style. Strauss is relieved that he has justified his abilities. However, the cricketer from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Middlesex-c817 is not ready to take things for granted in future and wants
to score big runs for his team in the coming series.
Strauss said, "You don't want to have to justify your place in the side as a captain. Thankfully that takes the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Holly-Louise-Colvin-c63292 off my back, but I'm really conscious of the need to use that as a catalyst to have a really good summer. I hope this is a bit of a breakthrough
mentally and allows me to stay fresher and go on and score some more hundreds in the rest of the games."
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 for absorbing pressure and helping the team cross the finish line.
"Whenever you're chasing there's a bit of pressure, so it was an outstanding effort from Cook and Bell,” he added.
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