{"id":13700,"date":"2012-08-21T03:02:43","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T01:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/cricket-england-did-not-respond-well-to-top-ranking-says-strauss\/"},"modified":"2012-08-21T03:02:43","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T01:02:43","slug":"cricket-england-did-not-respond-well-to-top-ranking-says-strauss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-england-did-not-respond-well-to-top-ranking-says-strauss\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-England did not respond well to top ranking says Strauss"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Richard Sydenham<\/span><\/p>\n

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LONDON<\/span> Aug 20 (Reuters) – England captain Andrew Strauss
\nacknowledged on Monday that his team had not responded well to
\nthe challenge of defending their world number one test ranking.<\/p>\n

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By contrast his South Africa counterpart Graeme Smith, whose
\nside displaced England when they won their three-test series 2-0
\nat Lord’s, said he believed the Proteas had what it took to stay
\non top.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

South Africa jumped ahead of England in the rankings after
\ntheir 51-run victory in the final test on Monday. The win ended
\nEngland’s impressive streak of seven consecutive test series
\nwins at home and extended the Proteas’ run of six years without
\ndefeat in test series overseas.<\/p>\n

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England were number one for a year after leapfrogging India
\nlast year. But since then they have lost six tests, including
\nthree in a row to Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates, won
\nthree and drawn two.<\/p>\n

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“It has been the case that we’ve lost a lot more than we
\nwould have wanted to,” Strauss said.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“Whether that’s because of a change of mindset, from being
\nthe hunters to the ones that are hunted, I don’t know.<\/p>\n

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“Or is it just that we came unstuck in the subcontinent and
\nlost a bit of confidence along the way? I don’t know the exact
\nanswers right now. But those are the sort of questions we need
\nto find answers to.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“Obviously, the mindset switches straightaway again – to us
\nbeing the ‘hunters’ – and maybe that suits us a bit better at
\nthe moment. That should give us the impetus and catalyst to go
\non and play some better cricket over the coming months.”
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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