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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.
Strauss 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 1993). 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.
In 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 3rd wicket Test partnership for England against the West Indies and a record 3rd wicket Test partnership for England at Lord's).
In 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.
Andrew 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.
Strauss 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.
