Andrew Strauss Quotes

I love playing England. The teas at Lord's are good quality.

I wish I'd done better for England. I only played three Tests and three One Day internationals. You have to take your chances and, for whatever reason, I didn't.

England has some very good cricketers. And don't rule West Indies out. They have some explosive players.

In the past, I bowled at players like Michael Atherton, Alec Stewart, Nasser Hussain, Michael Vaughan and Marcus Trescothick.

I want to play 100 Test matches for England.

In 2014, my first year as an England player, I got booed by some India fans at Edgbaston every time the ball went near me.

No disrespect to county cricket but when you're playing for England it is the ultimate, it is what has always driven me to push myself above and beyond.

I truly believe that players who tell you they don't feel the pressure of international cricket, of being away from home for months at a time, are lying to everyone and themselves.

Representing England has always been a privilege and my decision to take a break from Test cricket at the end of the home summer was made to ensure that, hopefully, I can do it for a lot longer.

If someone taps me on the shoulder and tells me they don't want me to open the batting for England, it's going to hurt.

It will never be much fun until a Proteas team finally goes out and wins one of these ICC limited-overs tournaments. That will happen one day.

My eyesight had always been good but at school I went swimming one day and the chlorine affected me badly. I was almost blinded for two weeks and from there things deteriorated. Then at the World Championship in 2007 I realised I couldn't see the back of the pocket. It was one big blur. My first two seasons as a pro it was dreadful.

I love to play Test cricket; it's the main cricket.

I lived on being a quick player and my hamstring was breaking every time I made a quick move. I wondered what the hell was going on.

I never thought I'd be a senior player in a county side, let alone the England side. When you break into a county side, that is your aim, so it's an incredible feeling to have achieved that with England.

It's every cricketer's dream to play in the World Cup.

For me, growing up and watching Test cricket and absolutely loving it, that's been the pinnacle for me with cricket.

Runs are runs, even if they are coming off playing cut shots or in front, but it's not like T20 can only be played with big shots.

I was just 17 when I made my debut for Lancashire against Hampshire at Portsmouth. I got seven and a duck. I didn't get a wicket, either. Funnily enough, it was more nerve-wracking than playing for England.

I still remember when I debuted for India in One-dayers and got out on zero against Australia only.

I want to be a high-order batter in the one-day stuff, to play some long innings rather than just go in and have a swipe.

Many players in the big blind get in trouble by calling pre-flop raises; they try to do too much. They don't want to get bullied, so they attempt a tricky check-raise bluff or overplay their hands in an ill-advised effort to push back.

I am one of those players who has many scars up and down my legs from being kicked, but I know I have a job to do, and beating my opponent is my goal.

It does take a lot of effort to perform, playing for England. It's a huge amount of sacrifice to do and one day I might just wake up and say 'you know what, I'm done with it.'

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.