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Andrew Strauss
English
Athlete
Born:
Mar 2
,
1977
Cricket
Good
Me
People
World
You
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In 50over cricket there are different ways of playing. It's not all about smacking it over the top. It's important someone bats through the innings. That would be one of the options for me.
Andrew Strauss
Me
Important
Innings
Cricket
Top
Bats
Ways
Would
Would-Be
About
Someone
Through
Over
Over-The-Top
Options
Different
Different Ways
Playing
I still have ambition to captain England into the 2011 World Cup. I'm very keen to do that job.
Andrew Strauss
World
Job
Ambition
Still
Cup
Very
England
Captain
Keen
World Cup
A cricket team is always made up of 11 different individuals and you want to give them enough flexibility to be themselves.
Andrew Strauss
You
Made
Enough
Cricket
Give
Individuals
Always
Up
Different
Want
Them
Themselves
Flexibility
Team
Captaincy is a confidence game. When the team is winning and your decisions go well that breeds confidence.
Andrew Strauss
Game
Confidence
Winning
Well
Go
Decisions
Breeds
Your
Team
You either back your instincts or you hold off - and you're more likely to back your instincts if you're confident.
Andrew Strauss
You
Back
More
Instincts
Likely
Off
Confident
Hold
Either
Your
You can't compartmentalise everything but the more you do that the easier it is. Keeping a notebook is a good way of dealing with it. You can rest from any thoughts if you put them down on paper.
Andrew Strauss
Good
Thoughts
You
Rest
Down
Everything
Way
Paper
Easier
More
Good Way
Put
Dealing
Any
Notebook
Them
Keeping
I wouldn't rule out the idea of four-day Test cricket, if we can get the playing conditions right and the right circumstances it might be a good thing in some parts of the world.
Andrew Strauss
Good
World
Cricket
Rule
Circumstances
Out
Some
Good Thing
Idea
Parts
Test
Conditions
Get
Might
Right
Thing
Playing
The only two times we have peaked above world average is when we got to No. 1 in the world in 2011 and when we got to No. 2 in the world in 2004 under Michael Vaughan.
Andrew Strauss
World
Above
Only
Got
Michael
Times
Average
Peaked
Two
I have to accept that my role is to gather the runs slowly. Kevin Pietersen is flamboyant, but that style doesn't work for me.
Andrew Strauss
Work
Me
Style
Runs
Slowly
Accept
Role
Flamboyant
Gather
Kevin
Cricket is 90-95 per cent mental. To score runs, you've got to feel good about yourself.
Andrew Strauss
Good
You
Feel Good
Yourself
Cricket
Runs
Per
About
Mental
Feel
Got
Score
Cent
I learnt that as soon as you have a negative thought, just push it to the back of your mind. The question is, when it's you versus 11 others; can you be positive under pressure? That's what defines winners.
Andrew Strauss
Positive
You
Mind
Negative
Pressure
Thought
Others
Back
Defines
Winners
Push
Soon
Learnt
Question
Versus
Just
Your
I've known Nick Compton a long time. He's a fully-formed cricketer and he's scored lots of runs.
Andrew Strauss
Time
Long
Long Time
Runs
He
Known
Lots
Nick
We have to find a way to get the two forms of the game co-existing - and that involves administrators sitting down and banging their heads together and working out a framework. I understand the politics but I'm more interested in what's best for the game.
Andrew Strauss
Politics
Best
Game
Together
Down
Framework
Way
Out
Administrators
Find
More
Heads
Involves
Understand
Get
Banging
Sitting
Interested
Forms
Working
Two
We've always got to look for opportunities for our English coaches to get more experience than just doing county coaching gigs. They need to do more than that if they're going to be viable candidates for England jobs going forward.
Andrew Strauss
Experience
Opportunities
Our
Jobs
Gigs
More
Look
County
Always
Got
Doing
Than
Get
Viable
Going
Candidates
Just
Coaches
Coaching
England
English
Forward
Need
Peter Moores has been very popular in the England dressing room. He's got a very good record of developing players but I felt that in some areas of international cricket he is a little bit exposed, around tactics and strategy.
Andrew Strauss
Good
Strategy
Cricket
Bit
Has-Been
Record
Some
Dressing
Good Record
Dressing Room
Tactics
Area
He
Developing
Around
Felt
Got
Been
Very
Little
Little Bit
Room
England
International
Exposed
Popular
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