Marcus Trescothick not surprised by Strauss’ retirement plans – Cricket News Update
Former England opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marcus-Trescothick-c1898, said that Andrew Strauss’ decision to retire from all formats of cricket hasn’t surprised him and wished the left-hander best for the future.
"I wasn't surprised, although I was hoping Andrew would continue as an England player," he said.
The English Test skipper recently bid adieu to professional cricket, following the team’s 2-0 defeat in the recently concluded Investec series against the Proteas, which further saw the tourists take charge of the no.1 spot in the longer version.
The series was a poor one for the Strauss, who managed a highest score of 37 from six innings, despite recently returning to form against the Windies. Then there was an ongoing row involving http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 and England Cricket Board, which further aggravated
as the during the second Test at Headingley after the start batsman revealed about the unrest in the dressing room.
It was then duly reported that KP had send provocative text messages to his friends in the opposition camp, regarding Strauss and England’s director of cricket, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Flower-c44362, which forced the ECB to act strongly and omit the player from the final Test at
Lord’s.
Following the defeat, Strauss said that he had the desire to carry on but declared that he would take a break from cricket in order to spend some alone time with his family. Upon contemplation, the veteran of 100 Tests arrived at the conclusion that his
time with the national time has come to an end, before further quitting from his county duties for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Middlesex-c817.
Trescothick, who has been Strauss’ opening partner for England, said that the left-hander will be long remembered for the Ashes triumphed achieved Down Under.
"He took http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 to No 1 in the world which had been a massive challenge for him and for the ECB, and winning the Ashes away from home would probably be the pinnacle of his time as captain.
“I'm sure he would like to have gone out on a high by beating http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 and keeping the No 1 ranking but sadly that didn't prove possible. He was a good guy to share a dressing room with a strong leader. I wish him nothing but the best for the future,"
Trescothick added.
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