West Indies vs England Only Twenty20 Live Streaming
West Indies vs England Only Twenty20 Live Streaming
PORT OF SPAIN: England captain Andrew Strauss and his team did all they could do pull off a series-saving victory over West Indies on Tuesday but had to watch as the Wisden Trophy was handed to their rivals for the first time in 11 years.
“I’m pretty dejected really, more than anything because of the way we played today which was outstanding,” Strauss said.
“Kevin Pietersen put on an incredible partnership with Matt Prior which gave us the opportunity to get more overs at them than we might have possibly thought at the start of the day.
“Then to get them eight down on a very flat wicket was an outstanding effort from our bowlers, who were tired at the end of a long series. I am very proud of the way the team played today, just dejected that we were not able to force a result.”
Strauss saw the way his team responded to that and the stinging criticism the defeat prompted.
“We were very low as a team in Jamaica, understandably after what happened. The guys were low after that and we played some very good cricket for three Test matches.
“The fact we were not able to force a result for any of them is disappointing but I can’t fault the effort and we have learned a lot on this tour in terms of bowling on flat wickets and as a batting unit compiling big scores again, which is something we’ve not done for a while.”
“The flatness of the wickets meant neither team was able to force the issue in those final three Test matches. “When you are 1-0 down in the series you want result wickets and we had three that forcing a result on was always going to be very difficult.”
