Durban: England captain described his team's crushing innings victory over South Africa on Wednesday as one of the best away wins he had experienced.Off-spinner Graeme Swann and paceman Stuart Broad bowled South Africa out for 133 to complete an innings and 98-run win and give England a 1-0 lead in the four-match series."It's as emphatic a win away from home as we've had since I've been involved," Strauss told a news conference.
"Pretty much everything we wanted to do, we did. They never got away from us, we hit them hard early with both bat and ball, and then put the runs on the board to have them under pressure."It's a case of keeping things simple and doing the hard work and we've come a long way in the last 12 months. It's great to end the year on a real high."Strauss inherited the captaincy after the relationship between former coach Peter Moores and previous skipper Kevin Pietersen broke down. He said the team's current success showed that relationships within the team had now been mended.
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