England has put a lot of hard graft to get to No. 1 asserts Andrew Strauss - Cricket News Update
English skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964, was head over heels after England pulled-of a resounding performance to subdue India by an innings and 242 runs at Edgbaston.
On Saturday, August 13, 2011 a new chapter in the history of Test cricket was written as the era of the new number one Test team, England, began.
Strauss had plenty of praise for his workforce for completing this long awaited dream of theirs, as India’s loss at Edgbaston means that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 have an unassailable lead of three games to nil and will top ICC's Test rankings when
they update the points table on August 22, 2011.
Speaking about his desire to become number one, Strauss said, “Getting to No. 1 has been a goal for a long time and it fills me with a lot of pride to know we have completed something very special. We have had to work very hard
and the guys have put a lot of hard graft to get to No. 1.”
English team had the upper hand against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 throughout the series and on day four of the Edgbaston Test, they needed to take nine wickets to win the series and clinch the number one Test spot as well.
Strauss, acknowledging the efforts of his bowlers, said that it wasn't a massive gamble to bowl first, there was probably less in the wicket than they thought there would be, and by the time England batted, the wicket had gone
flat.
He expressed further that the wickets have been shared around the bowlers and the pressure they have applied has been relentless.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026, the left-hand batsman, also received appreciation from his Test captain for his career best innings of 294, which propelled England to a first innings lead of 486.
“It was fantastic to get runs myself and then sit on the sofa and watch Cookie bat for two days. He has amazing concentration and determination, he's in this patch at the moment where he's very clear what his game was and he's
an example for us all,” iterates Strauss.
The Poms had to toil hard to become number one; they haven’t lost a series since July 2009 and the win over India was their sixth series victory on a trot. The English team will be bestowed with a mace in honour of their feat.
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