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ANDREW STRAUSS was a relieved man last night after hitting a timely century for England on a rain-hit final day of the last warm- up match before the Test series with New Zealand.
The Middlesex left-hander, who was dropped for the pre-Test tour to Sri Lanka after going 25 Test innings without a century, needed runs to confirm his place at Seddon Park on Wednesday after failing in both the two-day match earlier this week and in the first innings of this three-day match against a Select XI.See the full content of this document
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Cricket: Century Gives Strauss Relief ; New Zealand Selection Xi V England
But he hit a superb 104 yesterday - his first England century since scoring 116 against Pakistan at Headingley ...
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