England captain Andrew Strauss shrugged off Michael Yardy’s World Cup withdrawal upon Friday, observant his players were all focused upon Saturday’s quarter-final opposite Sri Lanka.
All-rounder Yardy left for home Thursday after pang depression, withdrawal injury-hit England with some-more problems forward of their knock-out diversion during R. Premadasa stadium.
“It’s not formidable to concentration a minds upon this diversion of cricket,” pronounced Strauss.
“It’s a must-win game. It’s a one-off event. If we lose, we have been upon a craft home. If we win, we have been in a World Cup semi-final.”
England, who have not competent for a semi-finals given their runners-up finish to Pakistan in 1992, have called up leg-break bowler Adil Rashid from a England Lions’ debate of a Caribbean.
But he will not be means to have it in time for Saturday’s match.
Rashid is a fourth deputy in a England patrol given Stuart Broad (side strain), Kevin Pietersen (hernia) as good as Ajmal Shahzad (hamstring) were forced out.
Strauss pronounced confronting Sri Lanka will be a large challenge.
“Sri Lanka have been a great side with a lot of aggressive options both with bat as good as round as good as they have been patently upon their home patch,” he said.
“It’s starting to be a poignant plea for us. The key, similar to it regularly is, to get your nose in front of a diversion as good as a vigour is big, generally during this theatre of a World Cup.
“We have been really vehement about a challenge. At this theatre there is zero to lose. You have got to go out there as good as win games of cricket. And which arrange of mindset has served us good in a past.”
Strauss pronounced England have battled by a organisation stages, violence South Africa though losing to Ireland as good as Bangladesh after their scored equally compare opposite pretension favourites India.
“We have shown a lot of resolve, we have shown which we have been means to hang together in tighten encounters, though we never know what this diversion is starting to chuck during you. You have to be qick sufficient to conform to whatever comes your way.”
Strauss pronounced traffic with injuries has tested his side.
“We have had to understanding with which right from a finish of a Ashes (in Australia). We have had a lot of injuries, a lot of people entrance as good as going, as good as we consider which tests out your finalise as a group.”
Strauss pronounced struggling paceman James Anderson, who has taken usually 4 wickets in 5 matches, could be an choice opposite Sri Lanka.
“He has freshened up to a sure extent. Obviously he didn’t fool around in a final game. He has had 9 or 10 days divided from cricket, as good as he positively bowled really good in a nets and, with his experience, he is an option.”
Strauss combined which medium-pacer Tim Bresnan should be fit for Saturday after pang a calf injury.
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