James Anderson believes England to be at the verge of attaining No. 1 slot - Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705, the top English pacer, thinks that Team England have arrived at the brink of becoming the World’s No. 1 Test team, provided they perpetuate their momentum during the remaining three matches of the ongoing Test series against India.
Jimmy expressed this opinion during the practice session ahead of the 2nd Test, which is scheduled to start from July 29 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
In the 1st high-voltage Test, which was the 100th between the two teams and the 2000th of the history, played at Lord’s, the English pacers, especially Anderson, unleashed surplus firepower to suppress the mighty Indian batting
department, which seemed to be badly struggling for runs in both the innings.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 won the game gloriously and convincingly by 196 runs, courtesy their rock-solid bowling line-up, which had Jimmy at the top.
Anderson took seven wickets by giving away 152 runs in 51.5 overs. It was he who bowled http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556, the Indian batting rock-star, on just 12 runs in the second innings of India.
The pacer hopes that the English will replicate the winning legacy in the coming matches as well. Talking to the media, he said, “If we keep playing good cricket and concentrate on the little things that get us there, we hope the end product will be becoming
the number one team in the world.”
He further told, “We know we are playing really good cricket at the minute. Everyone is chipping in, if we need someone to step up, generally they step up - whether it is Matt [Prior] and Broady [http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465] in the second innings with the bat or Broady
in the first innings with the ball [at Lord's]. So someone is doing it when we need them to do that.”
The ongoing Test series is not only an examination of the cricketing skills of the two ace teams but also a struggle for the top slot in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 currently holds the top position and the English are h**l-bent to wrench it by winning the series
with a margin of at least two matches.
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