Cricket: Strauss is after a lively ending; STALEMATE: Cook hits Test best as bowlers toil in bore draw.Byline: Richard Gibson in Bridgetown ENGLAND captain For information about the captains of England sports teams see the articles on the sports team in question. For example:
A second stalemate in succession at the Kensington Oval Not to be confused with Kennington Oval. The Kensington Oval is located to the west of the capital-city Bridgetown on the island of Barbados. "The Oval" is one of the major sporting facilities on the island and is primarily used for cricket. shattered hopes of winning the Test series in the Caribbean. Following their capitulation CAPITULATION, war. The treaty which determines the conditions under which a fortified place is abandoned to the commanding officer of the army which besieges it. 2. to West Indies' attack in Jamaica, the best the tourists can now hope for is a 1-1 draw when they begin the Trinidad Test on Friday. Alastair Cook
Alastair Nathan Cook (born 25 December, 1984 in Gloucester) is an England cricketer, a left-handed batsman, who currently plays county cricket for Essex and test struck an unbeaten 139, his best Test score, and Kevin Pietersen weighed in with 72 not out as England declared on 279 for two, which took the extraordinary tally in the match to 1,628 runs and only 17 wickets. The inequality between bat and ball made it a tedious affair but Strauss hopes the Queen's Park surface will be different. "One danger in Test cricket is to play the next game like the last game," said Strauss. "It would be wrong for us to assume it is just going to be a flat wicket again next week. "Hopefully it won't be and there will be a bit more in it, in which case it will be a different game. "Each surface gives you a new opportunity to react to what is there and find a way of taking those wickets." England have failed to take 20 wickets in any Test this winter but Strauss feels that is perhaps more down to administrators calling for matches to last a full five days than a lack of bite from his attack. "As players we all want to see result wickets that are fair," he said. "I appreciate that is a difficult balance for a groundsman to come to but those are the wickets that produce the best cricket. "All of the pitches we have played on this winter, both sides have struggled to take wickets, so it is not something which is unique to our side by any means. "But clearly you need to find a way and that is something we need to continue doing. "Our bowlers innovated pretty well this match, so they're definitely thinking. "None of those options had a huge amount of success for us in this game. "But hopefully you learn from it and, on a wicket that behaves slightly differently, those options and perfecting those options may stand you in good stead for future games." CAPTION(S): England's Alastair Cook celebrates his 100 during the drawn Fourth Test against West Indies. |
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