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Strauss flat after bore draw

England captain Andrew Strauss said: "My personal opinion is that is not good for Test cricket."

He added: "That wicket remained incredibly flat throughout the game, and if anything it was probably flatter on Monday than any other day.

"As cricketers you want to see a wicket that deteriorates as the game goes on. We didn’t see that in this game and as a result it ended up being a fairly boring draw, which I don’t think anyone wants to see.

"Generally, even if you can’t force a result, you want a pretty tight tussle like Antigua last week where you can nearly force a result. Clearly here that would have been very difficult to do.

"You had eight, nine, 10 bowlers bowling on it and no-one really looked particularly threatening.

"So I wouldn’t blame the quality of the bowling by any means.

"Certainly, from our own bowlers’ point of view, they toiled exceptionally well – the way they continued in the right areas session after session after session was great testament to the control they have."

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