Quotes by Andrew Strauss

“Its a great day for me and a great day for the England team. I felt in pretty good form all the way through.”

“Weve 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.”

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

“They [former England players] probably stopped believing, whereas a lot of players in the current team do not have that losing feeling.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“I think therell be a result and if we play like we have done theres no reason why we cant win it from this position,”

“The way the series has gone its a great possibility it might be a very close game,”

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