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"He's relaxed about missing out on the Ashes captaincy, but the England opener has firm views about leadership, public school accents and which side his (Australian) wife will be supporting this winter". Brian Viner speaks to Andrew Strauss for The Independent.

"Look, I like to think I will have an opportunity to captain the England team again," he says. "This was not about a leadership contest. It's about 16 guys keen as mustard to retain the Ashes. As captains I think Fred [Flintoff] and I both have plenty of attributes, but they are very different. I think your characteristics as a captain are your characteristics as a person and if, as captain, you do something foreign to your character, you'll come unstuck very quickly.