England deserve to be No.1 team, says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Anthony-Donald-c43680 – Cricket News Update
Allan Donald, the former South African pacer, has backed England to wrest the top slot in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Test rankings by defeating India in the ongoing 4-match Test series. He believes that the Poms have the potential and deserve to be the No.1 team.
Donald argued that the English have demonstrated a lot of diligence and vigilance in Test cricket and now they are able to elevate to the top position.
As per the current rankings, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, while England holds the 3rd position.
The home team needs to win the current series with a margin of two matches in order to clinch the top position.
The English have gloriously won the 1st Test, held at Lord’s, by 196 runs. The 2nd match is going to start from July 29, at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
Donald said, “http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 deserve to be the number one, there's no question about it. They are a good side, they're progressing every game. They're progressing as a really good unit."
Commenting on the pace strength of Team England, Donald stated, “Chris Tremlett, (Stuart) Broad, Anderson and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711 still in the wings. It's amazing how the guys have grown since
2007. Anderson has led the attack with absolute disdain."
The English, under the meticulous leadership of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964, who left the ODI captaincy to focus on 5-day games, have been thriving in International Test cricket since the last couple of years. They have won two prestigious Ashes series in a row.
Shortly before the Indian visit, the Poms defeated http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in a 3-match Test series in England.
Now Strauss, in collaboration with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Flower-c44362, the team’s coach, is h**l-bent to perk up the team in Test rankings as he has termed this ongoing series as more important than Ashes.
Donald is currently working as the bowling coach of his home team under the headship of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Kirsten-c58527, the former Indian coach.
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