Stuart Broad warns the side against complacency ahead of the Lord’s Test - Cricket News Update
The lanky England pace bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465, has warned the side against complacency ahead of the opening Test of the three-match home series against the struggling West Indies, commencing at Lord’s, on Thursday, May 17, 2012.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 at home, stalemating the ODI and T20 series against the mighty Aussies before losing the three-Test series 2-0. It was being anticipated that the Windies will emulate the fighting spirit during
their tour of England but the Caribbean cricketers fell cheaply against England http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 in their second warm-up match last week, confirming that the just to begin three-Test series against the world No. 1 ranked Test side is going to be a tough task for them.
Broad however, insisted that they will not be taking the visitors lightly and will be at their best come the first Test, commencing on Thursday. What intimidates the gangling Nottingham pacer is the presence of former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 coach, Ottis Gibson in Windies'
dressing room. The 25-year-old right-arm medium pacer is also wary of the firepower in West Indies pace attack, which includes the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KAJ-Roach-c1758.
"They've got http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ottis-Delroy-Gibson-c80358 as a coach who worked within the England set-up for three years, they've got two bowlers who can bowl very quick, they've got Chanderpaul who's a world class batsman who's toured England on numerous occasions, so they're certainly
a team we have to be very careful of," said Broad while speaking to the media reporters ahead of the Test series opener.
The lanky pacer also said that they will http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 to their strategy of putting the opposition under pressure in the first hour of the Test.
"We have to perform the way we can perform and should perform. That all starts on Thursday."
"We won't look too far ahead in the series. We'll look to that first hour in the first Test match like we always do, try and set the tone and try and hit them hard."
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 have not won a Test in England since June 2000. The last 12 years saw the islanders losing 12 and drawing two Tests against the Poms.
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