Strauss profits as Shah loses out
- 1 Mar 08, 04:12 PM
England batsman Owais Shah could be preparing for a quiet few weeks.
Andrew Strauss made just nine runs in his first two innings on tour in New Zealand, but his unbeaten 104 on the final day of the second warm-up match in Dunedin looks to have secured his recall for the first Test in Hamilton.
Strauss was dropped from the Test squad after failing to score a hundred in 25 successive Test innings, but reputation clearly counts for a lot, and his sharpness in the slips was sorely missed in Sri Lanka.
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