I never doubted my future as captain, says Andrew Strauss – Cricket News Update
Relieved after salvaging the world number one Test spot for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964, said that he never doubted his future as Test captain.
England has had a disastrous winter away from home as they fell cheaply to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 in the three-match Test series in the Gulf, losing the series 3-0. England’s Test series whitewash at the hands of Pakistan was followed by a crushing 75-run defeat at the
hands of Sri Lanka in the opening Test of the short two-match series at Galle, as the English batsmen once again failed to play Rangana Herath’s off-spin. A fifth successive defeat at Colombo could have stripped the Poms off their World No. 1 Test status.
But the English batsmen bounced back timely to salvage the feat.
Earlier the humiliating Test series whitewash at the hands of the Men in Green had also put England’s Test No. 1 status under threat as a 3-0 Test series win for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 could have propelled the Proteas to the top of ICC's Test rankings
table. But weather gods came quickly to Poms’ help, as rain spoiled two of the three Tests between Kiwis and Proteas, as the latter won the series 1-0.
Ahead of the Colombo Test between England and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Beau-Casson-c47541 in the town was that a fifth successive defeat, coupled with Strauss’ rusty individual form, could cost him the Test captaincy. But Strauss said that he never doubted his position in the side.
"I never had any doubts about whether this was the time for me to go," said the 35-year-old left-handed opener, who has scored only one Test century in his last 50 innings.
“I am very determined and committed to seeing us improve as a side. It's been an interesting week or two, but we as a side should not get carried away with whatever the issue of the day is. We have done that very well over the last couple of years, and obviously
I needed to do it in this Test. We needed to do it as a team and I thought we did it well," he added further.
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