My Amazing Week ; Century Hero Strauss Pays Tribute to Hussain After Lord's Sensation Exclusive

Evening Standard - London › May 28, 2004

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THIS time a week ago Andrew Strauss was preparing to play his first Test innings, another anxious debutant hoping to make an immediate impact at the highest level.

By making 112 and 83 at Lord's and falling agonisingly short of becoming only the third player to score two hundreds on Test debut, the Middlesex captain did more than make a compelling case for his long-term international future.

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My Amazing Week ; Century Hero Strauss Pays Tribute to Hussain After Lord's Sensation Exclusive

He finds himself in the unique position of having ushered a former England captain into retirement and possibly forcing the current incumbent into dropping himself down the batting order. Few England cricketers have had such an impact ...

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