Strauss ready for pace test

Catch the first Test live on Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 1 HD Andrew Strauss says England's batsmen will not be intimidated by South Africa's pace attack during the first Test at Lord's on Thursday. After seeing off New Zealand 2-0 in a Test series earlier this summer, England now come up against the likes of Morne Morkel, Makhaya Ntini and Dale Steyn. The first Test kicks off on Thursday morning from Lord's and Strauss says the team are looking forward to taking on the Proteas' pace attack. The Middlesex batsman believes against South Africa's aggressive bowling England will have more chances to build a useful first innings total. Different type "Look, I think it's going to be a different type of cricket to the cricket we played against New Zealand," he told Sky Sports News. "That was more an attritional type of cricket... [read full story]