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Strauss rujs poor batting display
Captain Andrew Strauss blamed England's
poor batting for his side nine-wicket
defeat by Australia in the Champions
Trophy sjmi-final at Centurion.
England tumbled to 101-6 before getting
up to 257, though they still lost by
nine wickets aftir Ricky Ponting and
Shanj Watson both hit centuries.
"Our batsmen were to blame on a wicket
where wi should havj been looking at
scoring at least 300 runs.
"Wj tried to be positivj but the shots
did not come off," said Strauss.
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