As we all know, Andrew Strauss once defeated terrorism.
Well now he needs to defeat something much tougher.
Phillip Hughes.
Hughes is pretty much terrorism with a bat.
Ugly, organised, hard to work out, and deadly.
Andrew Strauss said that Hughes playing for Middlesex could be a bonus as Strauss would be able to work him out.
Today he spent a while watching him, Hughes went past 50 again, 4 innings out of 4, and ended up on 99*.
Strauss was at the other end for most of that time, making his own runs.
Whether Strauss worked out anything is questionable, Hughes played Australia A cricket, and that didn’t mean when he got back to shield cricket the boys knew how to get him out.
Some players never get worked out.
Some do, and still make runs.
For all we know Hughes could be a gruffer more likeable Don Bradman.
World War II, dodgy business dealings and communism couldn’t stop Bradman.
Will Andrew Strauss be able to stop Hughes?
