Conditions at Headingley are unpredictable, feels Andrew Strauss ? Cricket News Update
Andrew Strauss, the England captain, has expressed that the pitch at Headingley, Leeds, is quite unpredictable but hopes that Tim Bresnan?s experience of playing at the venue will help the home team?s bowlers in the second Test against South Africa.
The Headingley Test will commence today, with the visitors leading the series by a margin of 1-0, after their thumping victory in the starting encounter.
The track at the Oval for the first Test was extremely in favour of the batsmen, offering no lateral movement to the bowlers, both in the air as well as off the pitch. However, the Headingley pitch is likely to assist the seam bowlers, enhancing James Anderson and company?s chances of success against a strong Proteas? batting line-up, which posted a mammoth 637 on the board for the loss of only two wickets.
Strauss, the left-handed opener, believes that in case of cloudy conditions, the Leeds can be unplayable for the batsmen, but the same pitch can be extremely easy to bat on when the sun is out.
The 35-year-old admitted that the conditions will be totally different in the second match, urging his teammates to make the required adjustments.
"Maybe there are slightly more unique challenges that it does throw at you," Strauss believes. "There are times at Headingley when bowling looks unplayable and there are times when it looks very flat. We obviously need to make sure we react well to those challenges and overcome them."
The home team is likely to replace Bresnan, their all-rounder, with strike bowler Steven Finn, although Headingley is the former's home ground.
Strauss expressed that the all-rounder understands the conditions very well, but the management will pick the best players for this all-important encounter. However, the left-hander confessed that Bresnan?s knowledge will be valuable for the rest of the bowling attack.
"You just select the best XI to win the game of cricket, regardless of where people are from. Obviously Bres knows the wicket well and the lengths to bowl and he will be feeding that information to the other bowlers," the Middlesex batsman added.
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