Andrew Strauss could not have timed his return to the ascendancy any better. Barely six months ago, his international future was in doubt following his axing for England's tour of Sri Lanka, and even when he was recalled for the New Zealand series in March, it wasn't until his gritty 177 in the final innings at Napier that he finally re-established his England credentials. Now however, on the eve of his 50th Test cap, he is right back where he started. Confident and settled at the top of the order, and ready to live up to the colossal reputation that he forged on his very first England tour four winters ago. Strauss's tour of South Africa in 2004-05 was an unmitigated triumph. Not only did he score 656 runs in the five-Test series - the most overseas by an Englishman since Dennis Amiss in the Caribbean in 1973-74 - he...
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