Geoffrey Boycott believes the English are ready to face the Men in Blue – Cricket News Update
Cricket commentator and former English skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Geoffrey-Boycott-c58776, has said that after winning the Test series against Sri Lanka, the English side is well prepared for the upcoming clash against the World Champions, India.
England is scheduled to meet India at home in the four-match Test series, starting from July 21, 2011.
Team India is currently leading the International Cricket Council’s (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625) Test rankings while the Poms are lying at the third position. Yet, the former skipper believes that the recent series victory over the islanders has given the home side enough confidence
for the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Richard-Griffith-c41953 challenge against the world’s best side.
"I think we're ready for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750. England are in a good position. Everyone but Strauss is playing well, so unless we get serious injuries, we're ready,” said Boycott.
Although, the third Test between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rose-c86842 Bowl ended as draw, the home side sealed the series 1-0. After winning the first match at Cardiff, the home side held a strong grip on the series but the inhospitable weather eventually helped
the tourists to save next two games.
Enormously delighted over his native team’s superb all-round performance in the series, Boycott heaped special praise on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Christopher-Timothy-Tremlett-c51014, who bowled some fantastic spells in the last test. But, at the meantime, the pundit termed Andrew Strauss’s poor form
with the bat as a matter of concern for the side.
The classy left-handed opening batsman failed to make an impression with the bat, scoring just 27 runs in three matches.
“Strauss's place is not in jeopardy. But he needs to get runs in the middle because he didn't get any against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zaheer-Ahmed-Khan-c98443 will enjoy that. He needs to face a lot of left-arm seamers in the nets
and get used to the angle," added the 70-year-old former skipper.
Considering the current English crew as perfect for the five-day cricket, Boycott, however, put it in simple words, that the Poms need to bring youngsters in the limited-over set-up in order to claim their supremacy in every format of the game.
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