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Jonathan Agnew

Strauss pays price for a poor year

The dropping of Andrew Strauss for the first time in his 43- match Test career was the main talking point of the latest England squad announcement.

He was recently awarded a central contract for the next 12 months, but he has paid the price for a really disappointing year in which he averaged only 27 and failed to score a century.

Even on the rare occasion that he managed to pass 50 he looked unconvincing and the feeling of the selectors is that he needs a rest, and more time to work on one or two technical issues.

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