Strauss also retired from cricket as Sir Alastair Cook was announced as England’s new skipper.
Andrew Strauss resigned as England captain to be immediately replaced by Alastair Cook.
Strauss, 35, blamed his faltering batting form for the decision to bow out on exactly 100 Test caps as he was revered as one his country’s finest-ever leaders, an endlessly dignified presence on and off the field and a captain who led the side to success 24 times in 50 Tests. England captain Andrew Strauss looks at the Ashes Urn following victory over Australia in the fifth npower Test Match at the Oval.
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