Former England cricketer Graham Thorpe feels Andrew Strauss is the right choice to lead England and take charge from Kevin Pietersen.Strauss burst onto the international stage, scoring 112 and 83 in his Test debut in 2004, and then led England to a home Test series win over Pakistan in 2006.Having been in the same dressing room as Andrew Strauss, I have no doubt he can do the job," Thorpe told Sky Sports News.He is an impressive character. He backed Kevin Pietersen and also said that the team needs to sit down and have an open talk to thrash out some of the differences.”The left-hander, Strauss, had a disappointing Ashes series and was dropped for the Sri Lanka series. He fought back and smashed two tons in his comeback Test match against India in November last year. Thorpe regards that it is this struggle and hard work that will help Strauss prepare for the sterner battles once he dons the captain’s role."I believe that he is a stronger character having been through what he has as a player over the last few years. He's been out of the side and has had to fight his way back into it. He values playing for England.”
"No matter what he feels inside about the way Kevin Pietersen has handled himself over the last few days he's come out and publicly backed him. He knows how vital Pietersen is as a player to score runs but also you know that if the dressing room is not fully behind him he is going to pick players up on it.”
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