Cook warns his side against complacency – Cricket News Update
After scripting a comprehensive ten-wicket win over India in the second Test of the four-match series at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, on Monday, England skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 urged his side to guard against complacency in the remaining two games of the series.
The left-handed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 and would go to Kolkata with the same zeal to win the match.
"We’ve set the series out really well. We have got two games to go now and it is level. It is a really good performance…we are not getting too carried away. We are going to enjoy tonight," said Cook at the post-match press conference after his side’s ten-wicket win over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 and Co on Monday.
"Enjoy the victory and…make sure when we get to Kolkata, we train with same purpose and intense to win game there," the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Middlesex-c817 star added further.
Pietersen, who played a dazzling knock of 186 runs to help the tourists post a mammoth 413-run total in the first innings, endorsed his skipper's views saying they still have a lot to do over the next couple of weeks and would not get carried away by the Mumbai Test triumph.
"Any win in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 is a huge win...Any Test victory or any victory in India is huge," said the Natal-born veteran England batsman, who shared a record 206-run partnership with skipper Cook, to set the platform for the massive win. "But we’re not going to get ahead of us, that is for sure. Last week we got hammered and this week we turned it around," added Pietersen, who was also adjudged as the Man of the match for his impressive show.
Cook also hailed his team’s effort saying it was an incredible turnaround from his boys after the nine-wicket crushing in Ahmedabad last week.
The series is currently levelled 1-1. The third Test of the four-match series gets underway in Kolkata on December 5, while the fourth and final Test will be played at Nagpur from December 13 to 17.
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