It’s family first for ECB and Strauss

By Jon Couch
ANDREW STRAUSS will not be returning to the Ashes tour of Australia after his wife was diagnosed with cancer, the England & Wales Cricket Board have confirmed.
The Director of England Cricket had been scheduled to miss the third Test in Perth, before returning for the fourth in Melbourne. But now the former Ashes-winning captain will stay at home to support his wife Ruth and his young family.
“Andrew Strauss, Director of England cricket, will not return to the Ashes this winter”, an ECB spokesman confirmed. “His wife, Ruth, has been diagnosed with cancer a...

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