Big plans for a new beginning
February 5, 2009
The new official captain of the England team, Andrew Strauss has asked his team to make use of the beginning of his reign as the first step towards achieving their goal of being ranked as the top test cricket team.
The four-test match series against the West Indies held at the Sabina Park, marks the beginning of England’s cricket tour to the West Indies. Strauss is all excited about this series as it is their first assignment in the New Year.
This cricket tour proved to be a springboard for the English five years ago as they beat Australia with a momentum that lasted for 18 months.
Talking about this team, Strauss said that they generally liked to think of themselves as a young team since they have a number of young players. He also added that these players are gaining more experience and hence can be considered young only in age.
The performance of the team led him to say that they needed to be among the top 11 teams in order to rise higher in their rankings. He added that success for him meant pushing each other to give a great performance and he believed that this cricket tour was the best place to start doing it.
