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Strauss: I’ll axe batsmen
ENGLAND’S struggling batsmen will be playing for the right to be part of the touring party to Sri Lanka in March when the third Test against Pakistan gets underway today.
Back-to-back defeats mean England can only salvage pride from a series characterised by batting collapses, and captain Andrew Strauss warned the likes of Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell and Eoin Morgan that another abject display will put their places in jeopardy.
“You can’t keep underperforming forever,” said Strauss. “So all of us have a responsibility on our shoulders to improve our games.”