England cricket captain Andrew Strauss throws a round during a precision event during a M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai upon Mar 5, 2011. Strauss hopes South Africa will take his group easily following their startle improved by Ireland when they face a Group B leaders in a World Cup pool compare Sunday.
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CHENNAI, India (AFP) – England captain Andrew Strauss hopes South Africa will take his group easily following their startle improved by Ireland when they face a Group B leaders in a World Cup pool compare Sunday.
England went down to a overwhelming three-wicket improved by Ireland in Bangalore upon Sunday, with Irish batsman Kevin O’Brien distinguished a fastest-ever World Cup century in a single of a tournament’s biggest all-time upsets.
South Africa, by contrast, have cruised to wins over a West Indies as good as a Netherlands as they, similar to England, follow a initial World Cup title.
“The great thing about this contest is you have a possibility to get behind upon a bike true away,” pronounced Strauss.
“It’s something as a side we?ve been really great during in a past — bouncing behind when we’ve had a bad performance. Hopefully, South Africa will provide us some-more lightly, since we’ve mislaid to Ireland.”
England’s conflict has conceded outrageous totals in all 3 of their contest matches to date, even starting for 292 opposite a Dutch in an opening six-wicket win in Nagpur.
It’s a distant cry from how most of a same bowlers regularly routed Australia in a new 3-1 Ashes array delight as good as Strauss said: “It’s been tough, a little of a bowlers have had an damage lay-off as good as have been entrance behind in.
“None of them have been happy with their form though there’s still an event for us to win a World Cup as good as improve.
“The most critical thing is you keep idea in yourself. We’ve knocked about South Africa most times before, Bangladesh prior to as good as West Indies before.
“If you win 3 games we’re really in to a quarter-finals.”
But notwithstanding a stroke of a Ireland loss, Strauss still found time to comply a normal post-match courtesies.
“In conditions of carrying a splash with a Irish boys, you regularly consider you can win with category as good as remove with class. In which sense, it was a right thing to do.”
He combined a improved by Ireland, which followed England’s roughly as thespian a tie with India days progressing in Bangalore, had dismissed up his side.
“The proclivity is there — you wish to uncover people you’re improved than what you showed in a final game.
“We did which flattering good opposite India nonetheless you should have got over a line as good as won. Now you need to do it again.”
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