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 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.
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.
I just can't imagine a guy who's made more than 70 international centuries turning up at Lord's and getting booed.
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.
It was a fantastic effort from three pretty young, inexperienced bowlers. To get India five down early was the key to winning the game and they deserve great credit.
The key was to get a good start, keep wickets in hand and we were able to do that. A lot of credit should go to the seam bowlers. They set the game up for us. It was a very flat wicket and they did a great job first up.
The heat got to a lot of us, including me. But this is India and it was a good experience for us.
The guys are all pretty confident about their techniques,
I want to thank everyone, including the Australians. On a personal level, I am very happy, but it takes 24 players to make a great series.
I have worked hard trying to counter-act his plans. I am better for the experience, which is the great thing about playing the best side in the world.
Situations like this bring people together and we are 100% per cent behind Freddie, who is a great character and a fantastic cricketer.