We are going out to win this Test: alastair Cook
15 Aug 2014 5:55 AM IST
England skipper Alastair Cook said his side will not be resting on the 2-1 series advantage and will go for an outright win in the fifth and final cricket Test against India at the Oval starting Friday.
‘We’re not going out there with any other mindset than this is a game to win,’ said Cook on the eve of the match. Cook and company humbled the visitors by an innings 54 runs in the fourth Test at Old Trafford and took an unassailable lead in the series. The hosts know even a draw will help them retain the Pataudi Trophy, which they won after a 4-0 thrashing of India in 2011 but the team is not going out with a defensive bent of mind in the upcoming Test. ‘We’ve got to use that in isolation and not think that if we survive this we win the series.
We’ve got to go out to win the game. We’ve got to have the mindset we had after Lord’s when it was doom and gloom and we didn’t play very well. We came out fighting when we really needed it. Just because we’ve won a couple of games, we can’t relax just because the atmosphere as lifted a bit around the side. We have to be tough on ourselves and earn the right to put in a good performance,’ said a confident Cook.
‘We’re not going out there with any other mindset than this is a game to win,’ said Cook on the eve of the match. Cook and company humbled the visitors by an innings 54 runs in the fourth Test at Old Trafford and took an unassailable lead in the series. The hosts know even a draw will help them retain the Pataudi Trophy, which they won after a 4-0 thrashing of India in 2011 but the team is not going out with a defensive bent of mind in the upcoming Test. ‘We’ve got to use that in isolation and not think that if we survive this we win the series.
We’ve got to go out to win the game. We’ve got to have the mindset we had after Lord’s when it was doom and gloom and we didn’t play very well. We came out fighting when we really needed it. Just because we’ve won a couple of games, we can’t relax just because the atmosphere as lifted a bit around the side. We have to be tough on ourselves and earn the right to put in a good performance,’ said a confident Cook.
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