Andrew John Strauss the match building player of England squad

 Andrew John Strauss the destroying  match building player of England squad. Nowadays his showing a out standing bating performance. He is playing a destructive score in ICC World cup 2011, He made a firing score against India 158 by 148 balls. Andrew Strauss was England's inspiration, producing an extraordinary performance, he has the highest score by an English batsman in World Cup history, as England threatened the unthinkable. Strauss plays county cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club and he is the captain of the England cricket team. He is a fluent left-handed opening batsman, Strauss favours scoring off the back foot, mostly playing cut and pull shots. Strauss is also known for his fielding strength at slip or in the covers of field.

Full name: Andrew John Strauss

Born: March 2, 1977, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa

Current age: 33 years 363 days

Major teams: England, Middlesex, Northern Districts

Nickname: Straussy, Levi, Mareman, Muppet

Playing role: Opening batsman

Batting style: Left-hand bat

Bowling style: Left-arm medium

Height:5 ft 11 in

Strauss made his first-class debut in 1998 and his One Day International (ODI) debut in Sri Lanka in 2003. He quickly rose to fame on his Test match debut replacing the injured Michael Vaughan at Lords against New Zealand in 2004.With scores of 112 and 83 in an England victory, and the man of the match award, he became only the fourth batsman to score a century at Lord's on his debut and was close to becoming the first Englishman to score centuries in both innings of his debut. Strauss again nearly scored two centuries 126 and 94 not out and was named man of the match in his first overseas Test match. Strauss suffered a drop in form during 2007, and as a result he was left out of the Test squad for England's tour of Sri Lanka, and announced that he was taking a break from cricket. After a poor tour for England, Strauss was recalled into the squad for the 2008 tour of New Zealand, and subsequently reestablished himself in the side with a career-best 177 in the third and final Test of that series, and a further three centuries in 2008.

Having deputized for Michael Vaughan as England captain in 2006, Strauss was appointed on a permanent basis for the 2008/09 tour of the West Indies following Kevin Pietersen's resignation. He enjoyed success with three centuries, and retained the captaincy into 2009. Strauss captained the England team to a 2–1 victory in the 2009 Ashes, scoring a series total of 474 runs, more than any other player on either side, including 161 in England's first victory in an Ashes Test at Lord's in 75 years.

Batting and fielding averages of Strauss

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	ct	St
Tests	82	147	6	6084	177	43.14	12116	50.21	19	24	753	10	94	0
ODIs	122	121	8	4117	158	36.43	5066	81.26	6	27	447	23	56	0
T20Is	4	4	0	73	33	18.25	64	114.06	0	0	9	0	1	0
First-class	208	368	20	14715	177	42.28			38	67			186	0
List A	249	242	14	7543	163	33.08			10	49			89	0
Twenty20	28	28	0	519	60	18.53	442	117.42	0	2	73	3	12	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	82	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	122	1	6	3	0	-	-	-	3.00	-	0	0	0
T20Is	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	208		126	140	3	1/16		46.66	6.66	42.00		0	0
List A	249		6	3	0	-	-	-	3.00	-	0	0	0
Twenty20	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

 In Englands opening match of the ICC world cup 2011 against Netherlands, Andrew Strauss hit a better than run-a-ball 88 to get England off to a good start and help them clinch a 6 wicket victory. Strauss  proved himself equal to one of the best performances of a legendary career. In world cup 2011’s second match of  England against India such was the clarity of Strauss's strokeplay and the passivity of India's attack, at 280 for 2 in the 43rd over, England were cruising towards an extraordinary triumph. However a late intervention, sparked by a reverse-swinging Zaheer Khan, left them clawing for breath as a silenced . Strauss headed to the 2010-11 Ashes series hoping to join Mike Brearley and Len Hutton as the only England captains to win the Ashes both home and away. He is a compact left-hander with a preference for pummelling the ball square off the back foot with a crunching cut, Andrew Strauss has worked out a superb technique for Test cricket. He put early problems against Shane Warne behind him to make two hundreds in the epic 2005 Ashes series, and added another big one 161 runs in 2009 to set up England's first victory over the old enemy at Lord's since 1934. Mike Atherton and Alec Stewart, by contrast, only ever managed one century apiece against Australia.