Andrew Strauss Quotations

We rate our chances highly, but we won't be under-estimating this Indian side. If you go out and beat India in India, you have done pretty well.

Situations like this bring people together and we are 100% per cent behind Freddie, who is a great character and a fantastic cricketer.

If we can get 370-plus I think we are very much in the game. I think there will be a result. If we keep working as we have done all season I think we can win it.

If we can get 370-plus I think we are very much in the game, ... I think there will be a result. If we keep working as we have done all season I think we can win it.

We've got to play to our potential, play at 100%, get all our players fit and ready to go and not put ourselves under too much pressure.

We've got to learn from our mistakes and rectify them,

He is very laid-back person, but there is a steely side to him and that means he has the respect of the players

I want to thank everyone, including the Australians. On a personal level, I am very happy, but it takes 24 players to make a great series.

I think there'll be a result and if we play like we have done there's no reason why we can't win it from this position,

Merlyn has played a pretty big part this summer.

We were suddenly four or five down before we realized that actually this wicket was not my kind of wicket. We should have accepted that a little bit earlier,

To make a century against Australia under any circumstances is always special. It will be hard work but there is definitely ten Australian wickets for us.

We haven't performed as consistently in one-day cricket, especially away from home, so the great challenge for us here is to build on the momentum we gained in that Test series. We need to use the youthful input we have got from some new players and go on and perform well.

We are not going to blow them away, the wicket is quite slow,

We have learnt what it takes to win a series in India.

The credit's got to go to our seam bowlers, who did a great job on a flat pitch to set up the game for us.

The previous generation, such as Alec Stewart and Nasser Hussain, lost to Australia on many occasions.

My caddy today was a Scot and he told me that he was cheering for Australia, which I thought was a bit harsh. But generally I've been amazed at how many people have come up to me here in Scotland and said: 'I've never really watched cricket before, but I was hooked all summer.' It's great.

I am extremely proud of everything I have achieved as a cricketer, and I have found myself very fortunate to play in an era when some of English cricket's greatest moments have occurred.

Glenn McGrath had a reasonable career in Australia.

Watching the ball is always a good starting point.

I should and can play better. That is going to be the challenge for me.

This series will help us know how good a side we are. With the World Cup round the corner, it is important we use this series to gain consistency.

The opportunity to captain your country is one that would make anyone proud, but apart from a couple of chats to the umpires I didn't actually do much.

The pitch certainly did a bit this morning.

We could see people were getting a bit frustrated with the lack of play, and you could understand that when they have paid to get in. But we never felt that safety and security would be a problem.

The wicket looked flat but it didn't transpire that way. We've got to be ready for any type of wicket... we've got to be able to react quickly to how the wickets start off that's what we haven't done quite well enough so far on this tour.

The one-day series is a big challenge for us. India is a great one-day side but we are looking forward to carry forward the momentum of the Test series.

That's not a panic situation we just have to keep working hard.

The way the series has gone it's a great possibility it might be a very close game,

This has been a little while coming, to be honest.

The young seam attack did very well in testing conditions.

It's a great day for me and a great day for the England team. I felt in pretty good form all the way through.

It was a fantastic effort from three pretty young, inexperienced bowlers. To get India five down early was the key to winning the game and they deserve great credit.

I just can't imagine a guy who's made more than 70 international centuries turning up at Lord's and getting booed.

I have worked hard trying to counter-act his plans. I am better for the experience, which is the great thing about playing the best side in the world.

The key was to get a good start, keep wickets in hand and we were able to do that. A lot of credit should go to the seam bowlers. They set the game up for us. It was a very flat wicket and they did a great job first up.

The heat got to a lot of us, including me. But this is India and it was a good experience for us.

The guys are all pretty confident about their techniques,