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Summary Andrew Strauss has made another century, his second in successive.
Suddenly Test cricket is not the evil and duplicitous place it seemed when the runs just would not come.Just as the pavilion clock was ticking past 5.55pm, Strauss clipped Shane Shillingford through midwicket for four.As he jogged back towards the Radcliffe Road End crease he removed his helmet and punched the air, making a heartfelt salute to his family at that end of the ground before gesturing to an adoring crowd and a jubilant players’ balcony.It had been a magisterial innings, full of crisp timing, judicious shot selection and sharp awareness of the required tempo. He has rarely looked so composed.It was Neville Cardus who described Trent Bridge as a “lotus land for batsmen, where it was always afternoon and 360 for 2 wickets”.
