Andrew Strauss
Andrew Strauss
Andrew John Strauss, OBEis a retired English international cricketer who played county cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club who was formerly captain of England's Test cricket team. A fluent left-handed opening batsman, Strauss favoured scoring off the back foot, mostly playing cut and pull shots. Strauss was also known for his fielding strength at slip or in the covers. He became the Director of Cricket for England cricket team in 2015, soon before the sacking of Peter Moores...
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth2 March 1977
CityJohannesburg, South Africa
It's a great day for me and a great day for the England team. I felt in pretty good form all the way through.
We rate our chances highly, but we won't be under-estimating this Indian side. If you go out and beat India in India, you have done pretty well.
The credit's got to go to our seam bowlers, who did a great job on a flat pitch to set up the game for us.
The previous generation, such as Alec Stewart and Nasser Hussain, lost to Australia on many occasions.
My caddy today was a Scot and he told me that he was cheering for Australia, which I thought was a bit harsh. But generally I've been amazed at how many people have come up to me here in Scotland and said: 'I've never really watched cricket before, but I was hooked all summer.' It's great.
I am extremely proud of everything I have achieved as a cricketer, and I have found myself very fortunate to play in an era when some of English cricket's greatest moments have occurred.
Glenn McGrath had a reasonable career in Australia.
Watching the ball is always a good starting point.
I should and can play better. That is going to be the challenge for me.
We are not going to blow them away, the wicket is quite slow,
We have learnt what it takes to win a series in India.
The young seam attack did very well in testing conditions.
That's not a panic situation we just have to keep working hard.
The way the series has gone it's a great possibility it might be a very close game,