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Strauss trying to ignore winning statistics
England captain Andrew Strauss doesn't want to dwell on records and statistics, but admits winning seven home series in a row has been 'special', the latest coming against the West Indies.
England wrapped up the series title on Monday, beating the Windies by nine wickets to claim a 2-0 win with one game to play. This was also the first time in nine attempts that England beat the Windies at Trent Bridge.
The happy skipper, who scored tons in both matches, said: "It's nice to achieve these milestones.
"I remember winning at Lord's against Australia in 2009 (England's first Ashes win at HQ in 75 years), and that was a significant feather in our caps.
"Each time you achieve one of these things it makes you feel like you're part of something special, but it's not something we spend a huge amount of time thinking about or talking about.
"You really appreciate winning every Test match, because Test wins are not easily come by. We're weary after two tough Tests against the West Indies but we're very satisfied with what we've achieved."
Of the injuries ahead third and final Test at Edgbaston in nine days, Strauss added: "I've not had a full injury report yet, but we'll see how people recover in the coming days.
"My arm is a bit stiff - I think it got used to me not spending quite as long in the middle as I have been!
"Matt Prior hurt his hand in the warm-up on one of the practice days. That's not anything significant but it's a bit of a niggle.
"Jimmy (Anderson) has also had a bit of niggle with his quad, but nothing more than that. These are just the little things you get when you've played hard Test cricket two weeks in a row."

England v West Indies: Andrew Strauss and Alistair Cook now form best opening partnership in Test cricket

The old adage that a left-hand, right-hand combination is best for opening the batting is rather belied by statistics.

Dynamic duo: Alistair Cook and Andrew Strauss have formed a formidable partnership for England

The most prolific opening pairings in English history have all batted the same way round. Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss are top of a list that also includes Hobbs and Sutcliffe, Hutton and Washbrook, Atherton and Gooch (all right-handers) and the other all-southpaw pairing of Strauss and Trescothick.

They obviously benefit from watching each other.

Cook and Strauss passed 5,000 runs together on Monday – not all of it opening, but far and away the highest aggregate achieved by any pair of England batsmen – which is as much an indication of the amount of Test cricket nowadays as of their prowess. This was their 124th outing together. It is fair to say they know each other pretty well.

Opening pairs are a bit like marriages – opposites attract but as they spend more and more time together they become more and more alike.

They now both tend to score in the same areas – better on the back foot than the front though Strauss’s off-driving in this game was lordly

England v West Indies

2nd Test - Trent Bridge, Nottingham

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

England win by 9 wickets.

West Indies Innings - 370 all out (Overs 109.2) & 165 all out (Overs 60.1)

England Innings - 428 all out (Overs 123.4) & 111-1 (Overs 30.4)

England Second Innings (Batting)
Player Name	Status	Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes
Andrew Strauss	c D.M.Bravo b M.N.Samuels	45	72	7	0
Alastair Cook	not out	43	86	3	0
Jonathan Trott	not out	17	27	2	0
Kevin Pietersen
Ian Bell
Jonny Bairstow
Matt Prior
Tim Bresnan
Stuart Broad
Graeme Swann
James Anderson
Extras (1nb 0w 0lb 5b)		Total 111/1 (30.4 overs)

West Indies Second Innings (Bowling) Player Name O M R W Kemar Roach 5.0 2 16 0 Ravi Rampaul 6.0 2 12 0 Darren Sammy 6.0 0 32 0 Marlon Samuels 5.4 0 18 1 Shane Shillingford 8.0 1 28 0

England Second Innings (Fall of Wickets) Player Name Score Over Andrew Strauss 89 24.1

West Indies Second Innings (Batting)
Player Name	Status	Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes
Adrian Barath	l.b.w. b J.M.Anderson	7	16	1	0
Kieran Powell	b J.M.Anderson	1	4	0	0
Darren Bravo	l.b.w. b T.T.Bresnan	22	43	4	0
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	c I.J.L.Trott b S.C.J.Broad	11	15	2	0
Marlon Samuels	not out	76	160	9	2
Denesh Ramdin	l.b.w. b T.T.Bresnan	6	23	1	0
Kirk Edwards	l.b.w. b T.T.Bresnan	0	2	0	0
Darren Sammy	l.b.w. b T.T.Bresnan	25	49	3	0
Kemar Roach	l.b.w. b J.M.Anderson	14	22	3	0
Shane Shillingford	c J.M.Anderson b G.P.Swann	0	22	0	0
Ravi Rampaul	c T.T.Bresnan b J.M.Anderson	0	5	0	0
Extras (0nb 0w 2lb 1b)		Total 165/all out (60.1 overs) England Second Innings (Bowling) Player Name O M R W James Anderson 20.1 6 43 4 Stuart Broad 17.0 5 58 1 Graeme Swann 6.0 1 24 1 Tim Bresnan 17.0 5 37 4 West Indies Second Innings (Fall of Wickets) Player Name Score Over Kieran Powell 5 2.1 Adrian Barath 14 4.2 Shivnarine Chanderpaul 31 9.1 Darren Bravo 45 16.5 Denesh Ramdin 61 24.4 Kirk Edwards 61 24.6 Darren Sammy 110 41.4 Kemar Roach 139 50.4 Shane Shillingford 148 57.3 Ravi Rampaul 165 60.1 England First Innings (Batting) Player Name Status Runs Balls Fours Sixes Andrew Strauss c D.Ramdin b D.J.G.Sammy 141 303 22 0 Alastair Cook c D.Ramdin b R.Rampaul 24 59 4 0 Jonathan Trott l.b.w. b R.Rampaul 35 54 7 0 Kevin Pietersen l.b.w. b R.Rampaul 80 114 11 1 Ian Bell l.b.w. b K.A.J.Roach 22 32 3 0 Jonny Bairstow c S.Chanderpaul b K.A.J.Roach 4 17 0 0 Matt Prior b D.J.G.Sammy 16 20 2 0 Tim Bresnan not out 39 93 5 0 Stuart Broad c D.J.G.Sammy b S.Shillingford 25 47 3 0 Graeme Swann c D.J.G.Sammy b M.N.Samuels 1 5 0 0 James Anderson l.b.w. b M.N.Samuels 0 12 0 0 Extras (18nb 4w 10lb 9b) Total 428/all out (123.4 overs) West Indies First Innings (Bowling) Player Name O M R W Kemar Roach 25.0 1 90 2 Ravi Rampaul 32.0 8 75 3 Darren Sammy 34.0 3 120 2 Shane Shillingford 26.0 4 110 1 Marlon Samuels 6.4 2 14 2 England First Innings (Fall of Wickets) Player Name Score Over Alastair Cook 43 17.4 Jonathan Trott 123 34.4 Kevin Pietersen 267 70.2 Ian Bell 300 80.4 Jonny Bairstow 308 86.1 Matt Prior 336 91.1 Andrew Strauss 363 103.6 Stuart Broad 416 118.6 Graeme Swann 426 121.2 James Anderson 428 123.4