It is "do-or-die" time for England, reckons Andrew Strauss – Cricket News Update
England’s Test captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964, realizing the gravity of the situation that his team is in ahead of the second Test against South Africa, has reckoned it to be a do-or-die time for his side.
“We're quietly confident, we can't afford to make any mistakes now - it's do-or-die time. But that sort of pressure can be a good thing as well,” said the left-handed opening batsman in his recent interview to
Sky Sports News HD.
England would be fighting for their number-one spot in Test cricket this week against the Proteas, who won the first Test of the three-match series by an innings and 12 runs.
A defeat by such a margin has wreaked havoc in the English camp. However, the skipper expressing confidence in his side insisted that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 a run for their money at Leeds.
“We're excited about this week and I'm certainly very confident our guys will come out and play well," opined Strauss.
Shunning the horrors of the Oval debacle, Strauss insisted that it was time to look beyond what happened in the series opener. According to him, the English lads have moved on and are looking to level the series.
“It was important we put the Oval game to bed which we did and now it is just about looking forward," the English skipper continued.
England’s bowling completely failed against the South Africans, where the Poms got hammered for 637 runs, after putting 385 on the board while batting first.
According to reports coming from the English camp, they would probably go into the second Test with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ST-Finn-c2566 to bolster their bowling offense.
While in the batting department, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RD-Shah-c2298 Bopara’s replacement, who opted to be released from the national team due to personal reasons.
This week, England coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Flower-c44362 also backed his team and insisted that one defeat does not mean they have to bring radical changes in their methods.
“We get ourselves into the right frame of mind by doing the things that we have been doing very well for the last couple of years," said Flower.
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