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
We haven't performed as consistently in one-day cricket, especially away from home, so the great challenge for us here is to build on the momentum we gained in that Test series. We need to use the youthful input we have got from some new players and go on and perform well.
The wicket looked flat but it didn't transpire that way. We've got to be ready for any type of wicket... we've got to be able to react quickly to how the wickets start off that's what we haven't done quite well enough so far on this tour.
We could see people were getting a bit frustrated with the lack of play, and you could understand that when they have paid to get in. But we never felt that safety and security would be a problem.
Merlyn has played a pretty big part this summer.
We've got to play to our potential, play at 100%, get all our players fit and ready to go and not put ourselves under too much pressure.
We've got to learn from our mistakes and rectify them,
We were suddenly four or five down before we realized that actually this wicket was not my kind of wicket. We should have accepted that a little bit earlier,
To make a century against Australia under any circumstances is always special. It will be hard work but there is definitely ten Australian wickets for us.
If we can get 370-plus I think we are very much in the game. I think there will be a result. If we keep working as we have done all season I think we can win it.
If we can get 370-plus I think we are very much in the game, ... I think there will be a result. If we keep working as we have done all season I think we can win it.
Situations like this bring people together and we are 100% per cent behind Freddie, who is a great character and a fantastic cricketer.
The pitch certainly did a bit this morning.
This series will help us know how good a side we are. With the World Cup round the corner, it is important we use this series to gain consistency.
The opportunity to captain your country is one that would make anyone proud, but apart from a couple of chats to the umpires I didn't actually do much.