I had stopped enjoying the game, admits http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 – Cricket News Update
Having announced his retirement from all forms of competitive sport, the former England captain, Andrew Strauss, has revealed that he had stopped enjoying the game, which resulted in his decision to call it a day from professional sport.
The 35-year-old cricketer, having done brilliantly at the first-class level for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Middlesex-c817, made his way to the Test team in 2004, immediately cementing his place in the side because of a solid technique, which helped him score runs
in different conditions.
After England’s dismal performance in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 to a 4-0 whitewash
against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, which made them the number one ranked Test team of the world.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 born cricketer expressed that becoming the world’s best side gave him a huge sense of achievement and admitted that he failed to keep himself motivated in the coming months.
At the twilight of his career, Strauss believes that it was about time for him to step down and allow a youngster to make his mark at the international level.
"If I'm brutally honest, by the time we reached World No. 1, I had ticked off everything I'd wanted to achieve. It's then hard to keep yourself hungry and motivated as captain. I also wasn't as mobile in the field. My agility was dropping,”
said the former Middlesex batsman.
In the 100 Tests and the 127 One Day Internationals Strauss has represented his adopted country; he has scored more than 11 thousand runs, with the help of 27 international centuries.
Over the last 18 months, Strauss admits, that he was not at the best of his game and he had stopped enjoying; therefore, after the South African series, it was about time to retire from competitive sport.
“One of my favourite shots - the pull - was one I wasn't playing very often and I couldn't work out why. So maybe my reactions were slowing down,” he added. “I loved captaining and trying to win games - but I wasn't enjoying batting
anymore.”
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