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During my career I have witnessed the end of two England captains, Nasser Hussain and Michael Vaughan. I do not believe we are seeing the end of a third.

In those cases, it was clear either that the captain felt he had taken the team as far as he could or that a change was in the best interests of all concerned.

I know Andrew Strauss said after our defeat at Lord’s that he wanted time to think about his future, but I don’t think either of those issues applies now.

Toppled: Strauss (second right) and his team react at the end of the third Test at Lord's

I just don’t have anything like the same feelings about where we, as a team, or Strauss, as captain, are now. From my perspective I want Strauss to carry on, and I believe he will.

The fight we showed in taking South Africa all the way on that final day proved the determination and resilience in the side.

Strauss’s message as captain has always been that, no matter what situation we get into, we keep fighting.

At Lord’s, even though victory would have required a record-breaking run chase, we never stopped believing we could do it. That is a strength of the team and credit for that goes to Strauss.

Gone: Strauss is out lbw to Vernon Philander

Questions: Strauss

It is hard to say what Strauss is thinking. Clearly he seemed tired after the series, and he had every reason to be. The Kevin Pietersen issue did take a lot out of him in the weeks preceding it.

With the game being so close and with so much at stake, it was deflating for him that we couldn’t come up with the win.

Strauss will have had a lot to weigh up, not least that he has spent so much time away from his family.

But nobody should make big decisions when they are drained, so it is good he has given himself time to think.

It is clear to us how much he loves being England captain and everyone in the dressing room loves him being captain. He is very good at it.

He will want to be sure he can still contribute as a batsman. That was on his mind before the series against West Indies and he went out and scored two centuries. Bowling to him in the nets I can see his class and quality is undiminished.

The other question will be: have I taken the team as far as I can?

One of Strauss’s great strengths as captain is his decision-making, and whatever decision he comes to will be the correct one.

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