No baby break for Strauss (AFP)

LONDON (AFP) - England opener Andrew Strauss intends on playing throughout the first Test against South Africa even if his wife gives birth to the couple's second child.0 Ruth Strauss is due to give birth next week and, with the opening match of a four-Test series starting at Lord's on Thursday, her husband could be placed in a tricky position. However, the left-handed opener is adamant he will remain at Lord's rather than dash across London should his wife give birth while he is playing cricket. "My wife is due some time during the Test match, the doctor doesn't feel it's going to come for a week or so but I won't be leaving the field or anything like that," Strauss said at Lord's on Tuesday. "If I'm not batting I might nip off but if I'm on the field I'm concentrating on the cricket," the left-handed batsman added. "I just... [read full story]                    

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