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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Strauss praises team spirit after thriller

England cricketers Andrew Strauss(L), seen here celebrating, praised his team’s craving as good as enterprise after England kept their World crater dreams alive by violence a West Indies in a stirring compare upon Thursday.
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CHENNAI, India (AFP) – Relieved skipper Andrew Strauss praised his team’s craving as good as enterprise after England kept their World crater dreams alive by violence a West Indies in a stirring compare upon Thursday.

England, batting first, were off to a plain begin though mislaid wickets via their innings as good as were bowled out for 243. Jonathan Trott top-scored with 47 as good as Luke Wright finished 44.

In reply, Chris Gayle tore in to a English attack, creation 43 off usually twenty-one balls though nobody reached 50 as good as they were all out for 225 notwithstanding a battling mount of 72 for a seventh wicket in between Andre Russell as good as Ramnaresh Sarwan.

“It’s been flattering difficult work all a approach by a organisation stages. Today was patently a difficult game, a must-win game. We substantially didn’t get as most runs upon a house as you should have done,” Strauss said.

“We substantially should have got 260, 270 during slightest though you had to quarrel difficult with a ball. you suspicion you did which brilliantly. The guys stranded together, showed their craving as good as enterprise as good as which was sufficient to get us over a line.”

Strauss blamed a miss of coherence for a team’s roller-coaster float during a tournament, during which they have mislaid to Ireland as good as Bangladesh though knocked about South Africa as good as West Indies as good as scored equally with co-hosts India.

“We’ve only been inconsistent, there’s no disbelief about it. We haven’t played as good as we’d have favourite this contest though we’ve pulled out a small formula when we’ve unequivocally indispensable them.”

“Obviously we’re still watchful upon alternative formula though hopefully we’ve finished sufficient to get by to a final eight,” he added.

“I consider it goes down to a suggestion in a side, patently a really close unit. We’ve been by a lot together,” Strauss said, praising man-of-the-match James Tredwell, who took 4-48 as good as Wright, who have been upon a periphery of a squad.

But Strauss pronounced England still had to improve, adding: “We only have to be some-more clinical.”

Bowler Graeme Swann (3-36) pronounced he suspicion England were upon their approach home.

“Every diversion you fool around only gets tighter as good as tighter. I’d since which a single up for passed 5 mins ago.”

“The crowd during a finish there, which was up there with a Ashes for a tender tension shown. We’ve dug ourselves a own hole as good as solemnly though certainly we’re perplexing to stand out of it as good as today’s a step towards that.”

West Indies skipper Darren Sammy was unhappy which nothing of his batsmen went upon to have a large score.

“I consider a single of a guys who got starts had to take us through.”

“We have a couple of positives you can take from this game,” he added. “But during a finish of a day you lost, you longed for a torpedo instinct.”

“I was utterly happy chasing 243 nonetheless you could have limited them a small bit some-more though temperament in thoughts a begin you had my bowlers did good to lift it back,” he said, praising Russell as good as Devendra Bishoo (3-34).

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