Andrew Strauss warns his team of complacency - Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, at Trent Bridge, and is extremely impressed with the fighting spirit of the Caribbean men.
England won the first match of the three-Test series at Lord’s by five wickets, although the visitors fought well during the last two days of the match. After getting out for a mediocre score of 243 runs in the first-innings of the match, a comprehensive
English win was widely predicted, but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 and company made things tough for the home team later in the match.
Historically, English fast bowlers have done exceedingly well at Nottingham as the ball does tend to move in the air a bit more as compared to other English grounds. This makes the English team favourites to go 2-0 up in the series.
However, Strauss is not ready to take things for granted and understands that his team will have to play good cricket throughout the five days to dismantle the opposition.
"Trent Bridge really suits Jimmy Anderson's style of bowling and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711. It's a good ground for us, we're comfortable playing here and we know what it takes to win games here," said Strauss.
The English skipper is impressed with the newly found spirit of the West Indian team and does not want his boys to give a sniff to the visiting team.
The left-handed opener expressed, "If Lord's taught us anything, it's that West Indies are a side very much to be respected. They proved very difficult to bowl out in their second innings and we had to work a bit harder than we thought we'd have to halfway
through the game."
West Indies depended on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marlon-Nathaniel-Samuels-c74804 to guide them through difficult phases of the Lord’s Test. Both the seasoned campaigners will be required to do the job once again as things can become extremely challenging for the young
top-order batsmen of the visitors, because of the additional movement English bowlers are expected to exploit in the second Test.
Let us hope that West Indies can show more resistance against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 and company this time.
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