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What he said, really meant and definitely didn’t: Andrew Strauss
What he said:
“You’re worried that this might be the series when you’re finally outed as a fraud and not up to playing at this level.”
Andrew Strauss on the insecurities that bedevil a cricketer in his book, ‘Winning The Ashes Down Under: The Captain’s Story’.
What he really meant:
“As a cricketer, you have to face up to the truth that you are only as good as your last few innings. You start each series with a clean slate and past performances bring you no fresh laurels.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“I’m a fraud.”
Weekend Cricket Diary:Shivnarine Chanderpaul , English triumvirate and Gayle storms
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6th May 2011
Shivnarine Chanderpaul straight-batted the West Indian Cricket Board (WICB) once more with his straight talk.
Speaking to Line and Length, a local radio station, the seasoned campaigner slammed the West Indian management as ‘interfering’.
“I think, given the opportunity, I might have got bigger scores. Every time I settled in and started to get runs, messages would come telling what to do and what not to do, how to bat and how not to bat.” said the Guyanese.
How To Tie A Tie by Andrew Strauss and MS Dhoni
India’s World Cup encounter with England ended with a thrilling tie on February 27, 2011. The two teams finished the match tied on 338. India were all out for 338 in 49.5 overs, batting first. England ended at 338 for 9 in 50 overs, in reply.
Ashes 2010: England go one up, Ricky Ponting up against it
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Two Tests into the Ashes and England are up 1-0. It could very well have been 1-1 but for a stirring fight-back by Strauss, Cook and Trott in the first Test at the Gabba. At least, that’s how the optimists in the Australian camp would like to look at it.
That’s not how the realists see it. The selectors pressed the panic button in the run-up to the series when they announced a squad of 17 for the first Test. They compounded their folly by dropping Mitchell Johnson after the initial Test performance. What if the selectors had dropped Hussey from the squad? Not quite a vote of confidence in the players who have served you well in the past three years.
The Australian Press Go Gaga over their team’s performance: Just kidding!
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The Ashes evoke reactions like no other Test series in the cricketing world.
Some excerpts of the media reactions to the first Test between England and Australia at the Gabba. A stream of classy vituperations:
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