Glenn McGrath credits England’s bowling for rise in rankings – Cricket News Update
Former Australian pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 side saying they have the ability to retain their number one spot in Test cricket for a long time.
England whitewashed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Test team’s rankings.
McGrath credited the English bowling attack for their recent success in every format of the game. He stated, “It has been an interesting time, especially with the way England have played. I think England have a great bowling attack and when you have that,
it gives you a lot of confidence and they deserve to be number one.”
The Aussie legend was impressed with James Anderson’s bowling and said that he has been the leading performer for his side in the recent years.
One of the most successful bowlers in Australia’s history further praised the support that Anderson had from the other bowlers. He added, “Now he has http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 and Chris Tremlett bowling with him and they've been great. Those fast bowlers
along with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501 are working well. When you have the same bowling attack game after game it really does fill you with a lot of confidence.”
Although McGrath gave most of the credit to the bowlers, England’s batting has also been consistent for the past couple of years. The team has been led extremely well by opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 and the veteran has scored some useful runs at the top
of the order as well.
Strauss’ opening partner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 has also been one of the main reasons for the team’s success. He was the highest run scorer in the Ashes 2010 and simply frustrated the opposition’s bowling.
Apart from that, middle-order players http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Eoin-Joseph-Gerard-Morgan-c56032 have been in excellent form, scoring plenty of runs.
The Poms now target to become the number one team in the One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 formats. They will have to be at the top of their game in order to do that and will have to perform well in Subcontinent conditions.
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