Andrew Strauss offered one reason for his resignation as England’s long-serving captain last week.
No, he stressed, it was nothing to do with South Africans – either Kevin Pietersen and his infamous tweets or Graeme Smith’s men who had taken the No.1 ranking away from his team just a few days earlier. The rationale was straightforward.
“For a captain to perform his role properly it’s important you’re not a passenger but also that
