BBC nominate http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 as the team of the year – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 led England cricket team beat stiff competition from Barclays Premier League champions, Manchester United to win the BBC Sports Team of the Year after a highly successful past 12 month.
The Poms national side triumphed over their bitterest rivals, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 ranked Test team. While they had the might of Manchester hanging up their shoulders, they still managed to come up trumps in the eyes of the panel, which consists of renowned editors from various magazines and newspapers.
Strauss, who collected the award on behalf of his team, was thrilled to have won the award and claimed that it was all about playing as a unit.
“This is a very special award for a couple of reasons. First there's so many great teams who have won this in the past. But also if there's one thing we've all bought into it is the idea the team is more important that the individual. It's the real basis of why we've done well and makes it even more special to win this accolade,” said Strauss.
Also http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Flower-c44362, the mentor for the English national side bagged the Coach of the Year award for his efforts of turning the Poms into a significant force in the longer version of cricket. Since becoming the head coach, Flower has installed a winning mentality which has allowed his team to leapfrog the likes of Australia and India.
“I'm very proud to be part of the England cricket team. They have done some wonderful things over the last couple of years,” said the humble Zimbabwean.
However, the biggest prize of the night eluded the cricket team where Mark Cavendish, the cyclist, won the Sports Personality of the Year, beating the likes of Strauss and One Day skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026.
Overall, it was a glittering night for cricket and it was their third award in the last six years after being crowned as the Team of the Year in 2005 and 2009. They will now look to match similar success as they enter 2012 by taking on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 as their first assignment of the next calendar year.
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