Andrew Strauss
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Andrew Strauss England (ENG) | ||
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| Batsman>Batting style | Left-hand bat | |
| Types of bowlers in cricket>Bowling type | Left-arm medium | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 27 | 56 |
| '''Runs scored | 2153 | 1682 |
| Batting average | 43.93 | 35.04 |
| 100s/50s | 8/6 | 2/9 |
| Top score | 147 | 152 |
| Andrew John Strauss MBE, born in Johannesburg, South Africa on 2 March, 1977, is a member of the England cricket team. Strauss first played cricket in Australia, where his parents lived for a short period. During this time he attended the Malvern Campus of Caulfield Grammar School in Melbourne. He was later educated at Caldicott Preparatory School, Radley College and Hatfield College, Durham University. He plays county cricket for Middlesex, whom he captained (2002-2004) following the retirement of Angus Fraser. He married the Australian actress Ruth MacDonald in October 2004 and they have settled in Ealing, with their son Samuel David Strauss (born 4 December 2005). Strauss made his One-day International debut for England in Dambulla, Sri Lanka on 18 November, 2003. He made his Test match debut against New Zealand at Lord's on 20 May, 2004, scoring a century in his first innings and being named man of the match. He also scored a century and was named man of the match in his first overseas Test match, in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, in December 2004. As an opening batsman, Strauss has shown calmness, authority, and good judgement of which balls to hit and which to leave. His technique is very similar to Justin Langer's, especially their footwork. His fancy footwork helped England gain victory in his first eight Test matches. This winning streak is still a record for England, but remains a long way off Australia's record 16 victories in a row, and Adam Gilchrist's opening winning streak in his first 15 matches.
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CenturiesTest debutStrauss made 112 runs in the first innings on his Test match debut for England against New Zealand at Lord's in May 2004. He was run out for 83 in England's second innings, with Nasser Hussain admitting the blame for the run out. Had he not been run out, he may have been the first England batsman to score a century in each innings of his debut. Strauss was named man of the match.He was the fifteenth English batsman to score a century on his Test debut and the fourth batsman to do so at Lord's (the others being Henry Graham of Australia in 1893, John Hampshire of England in 1969, and Sourav Ganguly of India in 1996). The last English cricketer to score a century on Test debut before Strauss was Graham Thorpe (114 not out) in the second innings of the third Test against Australia at Trent Bridge in 1993. The previous English cricketer to score a century in the first innings on Test debut was John Hampshire (107) in the second Test against West Indies at Lord's in 1969. Strauss wasn't in England's original squad for the match, only being called into the squad when Michael Vaughan was injured during the preparations for the game. After England's initial plan for replacing Vaughan (promoting Mark Butcher to open and adding Paul Collingwood to the side) fell through when Butcher declined to change his position, the selectors turned to Strauss, expecting him to be merely a stopgap replacement for Vaughan. However, his success in the match caused a dilemma for the selectors that was only solved when Nasser Hussain chose to retire from cricket after the match. July 2004In July 2004, he made exactly 100 runs in his first One-day International innings at Lord's against the West Indies. This innings formed part of England's highest ever ODI partnership (226 for the 4th wicket) with Andrew Flintoff. Strauss became only the fifth player to have scored his first Test and ODI hundreds on the same ground.Later in July 2004, also playing against the West Indies, Strauss became the third player to make centuries in both of his first two Lord's Tests (after Bill Brown in 1934 and 1938, and Dilip Vengsarkar in 1979, 1982 and 1986). Strauss scored 137 in England's first innings, sharing a stand of 291 with Robert Key (a record 2nd wicket Test partnership for England against the West Indies and a record 2nd wicket Test partnership for England at Lord's). In South Africa, 2004–2005In December 2004, playing against South Africa in Port Elizabeth, in his first overseas Test match, Strauss scored 126 in the first innings, and 94 not out in the second innings, and was again named man of the match. He was the seventh player to score a century in his first Tests at home and away (after Harry Graham, Ranjitsinhji, Lawrence Rowe, Kepler Wessels, Azhar Mahmood, and Michael Clarke earlier in 2004), and the first English player to score a Test century in the first innings of each of his first Tests at home and abroad (in the 1890s, Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji scored a century in the second innings of his first home Test, and the first innings of his first overseas Test). Strauss also became the first player to score centuries in his first Test against the first three sides he played, but failed to extend this record in his first Test against Bangladesh at Lord's on 26 May–30 May 2005.In the second innings of the second Test, at Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban, Strauss scored 136, including a partnership of 273 for the first wicket with Marcus Trescothick, and he scored a further 147 runs in the first innings of the fourth Test at Johannesburg, thus achieving his fourth and fifth Test centuries in only his ninth and eleventh matches. Also on this tour, Strauss reached 1,000 Test runs in only his tenth Test match. (The English record is nine matches, set by Herbert Sutcliffe). With 656 runs in 5 matches, at an average of 72.88, he was selected as England's man of the series. The Ashes, 2005Andrew Strauss continued as an opening batsman in the 2005 Ashes series, against Australia in England. He made a brilliant catch off Adam Gilchrist's bat. After initially struggling against Shane Warne's legspin, he eventually rediscovered his touch when, in the third Test at Old Trafford, Manchester, he beat his previous series best of 48 in England's second innings when he top scored with 106. This was after he had been hit on his helmet for the second time in the match. It was Strauss' first century against Australia, and brought his Test Match century tally to six (1 Vs. New Zealand, 1 Vs, West indies, 3 Vs. South Africa and 1 against Australia). He is the fifth fastest Englishman to score 6 centuries. His seventh Test century came in the first innings of the fifth and final Test at The Oval, scoring 129 off 210 balls.In the 2006 New Year Honours List, Andrew Strauss was awarded the MBE for his role in the successful Ashes tour. 2006 Tour of IndiaStrauss was appointed captain of the England One-Day side in two matches in April 2006 due to Michael Vaughan's injury, Marcus Trescothick's return to Britain and Andrew Flintoff being rested. England won one and lost one of these matches. Summer 2006In the absence of Michael Vaughan and Andrew Flintoff, Strauss was appointed captain of the England one day team for the series against Sri Lanka. England lost the series 5-0 and, despite the difficulties of captaining an inexperienced team with wayward bowlers, Strauss did not escape criticism [link]. He did, however, retain the captaincy for the start of the test series against Pakistan, until Andrew Flintoff was fit enough to return. He marked the occasion with a composed 128 in the 2nd innings, his ninth test century and the highest score by an Englishman captaining his country for the first time. External link
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