{"id":14074,"date":"2012-08-31T03:29:32","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T01:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/cricket-australia-captain-clarke-leads-praise-for-retired-strauss\/"},"modified":"2012-08-31T03:29:32","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T01:29:32","slug":"cricket-australia-captain-clarke-leads-praise-for-retired-strauss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-australia-captain-clarke-leads-praise-for-retired-strauss\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Australia captain Clarke leads praise for retired Strauss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">LONDON<\/span> Aug 30 (Reuters) &#8211; England captain Andrew Strauss<br \/>\nannounced his retirement from professional cricket with<br \/>\nimmediate effect on Wednesday. Following is a selection of<br \/>\ntributes from his fellow players:<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Australia captain Michael Clarke on Twitter: &#8220;Big<br \/>\ncongratulations to Andrew Strauss on a great career. Still is a<br \/>\nvery good player and a lovely man. Can only wish him the best<br \/>\nfor the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>South Africa test captain Graeme Smith on Twitter: &#8220;Just<br \/>\nwant to congratulate Andrew Strauss on a great career as captain<br \/>\nand player for England.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fully appreciate the demands of captaining your country. It<br \/>\nwas always a great contest playing against Andrew and his team<br \/>\nand I wish him well in his future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>England fast bowler Stuart Broad on Twitter: &#8220;Awesome guy,<br \/>\ngreat leader, dependable batsman and a solid first slip catcher.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cheers Straussy, you&#8217;ll be playing scratch golf within a<br \/>\nyear,&#8221; added Broad, referring to his former captain&#8217;s news<br \/>\nconference comment about spending more time on the golf course.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>England spinner Graeme Swann on Twitter: &#8220;An emotional day<br \/>\nwith Straussy hanging up his boots. What a great captain,<br \/>\nbrilliant player and most importantly fantastic bloke.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>England all-rounder Tim Bresnan on Twitter: &#8220;Andrew Strauss<br \/>\nis the epitome of professionalism. A great leader, wonderful<br \/>\nteam mate and all-round nice bloke. I wish him well for the<br \/>\nfuture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Mark Pangallo; editing by Tony Jimenez)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON Aug 30 (Reuters) &#8211; England captain Andrew Strauss announced his retirement from professional cricket with immediate effect on Wednesday. Following is a selection of tributes from his fellow players: Australia captain Michael Clarke on Twitter: &#8220;Big congratulations to Andrew Strauss on a great career. Still is a very good player and a lovely man. 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