England v South Africa: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 believes his bowlers couldn't get the ball swinging - Cricket News Update
Expressing regret and sorrow for his team’s defeat against South Africa in the first Test of the series, English skipper, Andrew Strauss, opined that his bowlers could not get the ball swinging, enabling the South African batsmen to amass a massive first innings total of 637 runs.
“I think we've got an outstanding bowling attack that can take 20 wickets on most pitches. Here conditions played a part, we couldn't get the ball swinging," said Strauss after the match.
England had a fantastic start on the first day with their batsmen humiliating the South African bowlers by holding their own.
However, after posting a respectable total of 385 runs, with opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HM-Amla-c1557 proved just too good for the hosts.
Admitting his side’s lacklustre performance, the English skipper reckoned, “We'll have some regrets. We weren't able to go on and get a big score after day one. The odds were always against us after last evening but we're frustrated we didn't make them work harder.”
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 belting a resounding innings of 131 runs.
However, it was Amla who stole the show by jabbing a record-breaking knock of 311 runs, staying unbeaten to be named as the Player of the Match.
With a massive batting performance, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193 Tahir staying second best after securing three wickets, as South Africa reduced England on a second innings total of 240 runs to win the game by an innings and twelve runs.
England are now under pressure after being put on the back foot by the tourists, and would be looking to bounce back in the next encounter.
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