T20 has become a longer and longer format of the game. It is more than four hours in a lot of parts of the world. Andrew Strauss Read Quote
I’m most proud of a couple of things. Firstly what we managed to do with the team from 2009 to get them to win the Ashes in Australia. That was remarkable. And secondly moving England forward in white-ball cricket because that is where the game is going and we need to be at the vanguard. Andrew Strauss Read Quote
When I came back into the side in 2009 I had to play more aggressively, and did. But I should never have played 127 times for England in one day cricket. Andrew Strauss Read Quote
The only thing I’d say about Darrell Hair is that he is a very good umpire. He’s very firm and he obviously sticks to his guns. I wouldn’t have any qualms about him coming back into Test cricket. Andrew Strauss Read Quote
The way you speak to a team is very important – both before a Test and during the game itself. If you try and do things on the run then people will quickly see through you. You’re also never going to say anything that profound and so it’s important to come up with new angles. Andrew Strauss Read Quote
I’ve definitely grown into the job after that difficult first Test against Pakistan. I’d been captain for the Sri Lanka one-dayers, which hadn’t gone well, and all the talk was that I only had that one Test as captain. Andrew Strauss Read Quote
I had to stop being a student idiot and become more sensible and organised and that definitely improved my batting. I also reacted far more quickly to situations in Test cricket because I’d been a county captain. It made a huge difference. Andrew Strauss Read Quote
I still have ambition to captain England into the 2011 World Cup. I’m very keen to do that job. Andrew Strauss Read Quote
A cricket team is always made up of 11 different individuals and you want to give them enough flexibility to be themselves. Andrew Strauss Read Quote
When you’re managing a team the key is, I guess, to find where those boundaries are, where you’re prepared to let people go, to what extent you’re allowing them to be a free spirit because ultimately it’s all got to be in the greater cause which is making sure the team wins cricket games. Andrew Strauss Read Quote
