English Test Captain Andrew Strauss – His Test form and weakness against left-arm pacers
The captain of England cricket team, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964, is not faring well as far as his personal form is concerned though his team is doing well since he took over the captaincy.
England is leading the ongoing three Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rose-c86842 Bowl, Southampton.
The English were leading by 11 runs at the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Close-c51347 of the third day’s play, with six wickets in hand.
Strauss anticipated a century for himself in the third test, however, he was gone after scoring three runs in the first innings.
According to critics, he has some problems while facing the left-arm seamers.
Here we will highlight the bowlers who grabbed his wicket since the beginning of 2010, in the Test format of the game.
1) Second Test v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, played from 14th to 17th Jan, 2010, at Johannesburg.
Second innings – 22 runs, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wayne-Dillon-Parnell-c96342.
2) First Test v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, played from 29th July to 1st August, 2010, at Nottingham.
First innings – 45 runs, Mohammad Amir. Second innings – 0 runs, Mohammad Amir.
3) Second Test v Pakistan, played from 6th to 9th August, 2010, at Birmingham.
First innings – 25 runs, Mohammad Amir.
4) Third Test v Pakistan, played from 18th to 21st August, 2010, at Kennington Oval, London.
First innings – 15 runs, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Amir-c76675.
5) Second Test v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, played from 3rd to 7th December, 2010, at Adelaide Oval.
First innings – one run, Dough Bollinger.
6) Third Test v Australia, played from 16th to 19th December, 2010, at Perth.
Second innings – 15 runs, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MG-Johnson-c1945.
7) Second Test v Sri Lanka, played from 3rd to 7th June, 2011, at Lord’s, London.
First innings – 4 runs, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Uda-Walawwe-Mahim-Bandaralage-Chanaka-Asanka-Welegedara-c94538. Second innings – 0 run, Welegedara.
8) Third Test vs. Sri Lanka, played started from 16th June, 2011.
First innings – 3 runs. Welegedara.
His wicket was taken 11 times by left-arm fast bowlers in 2010-11, which shows a gaping hole in his technique. The rival Captains are aware of his weakness and they always http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Try-c94438 to exploit it by bringing in left-armers against the English skipper.
Strauss had a batting average of 37.88 in 2010, 43.85 in the 2010-11 season and 6.75 in the 2011, season.
He had a batting average of 62.00 runs against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 in 2010, 25.83 runs against Pakistan, 43.85 runs in the Ashes, and mere 6.75 runs against the Sri Lankan team in the ongoing three-match Test series.
Strauss is doing well as a captain, thanks to his teammates, whose collective performances have overshadowed his own deficiencies.
Given his recent track record, his decision to quit ODI captaincy after the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-Muchall-c1499 more sense. According to Strauss, he gave up limited overs captaincy in order to focus more on the real format, the Tests.
After Strauss stepped down from ODI captaincy, England decided to go for a three pronged approach, with a skipper for every format of the sport.
Currently http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 has the Twenty20 leadership while Strauss has retained Test captaincy.
A strong Indian team will be visiting http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zaheer-Ahmed-Khan-c98443 in the Indian squad, Strauss should prepare well in order to justify his choice as the Test skipper of the English national side.
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