When safety and security is a team's over-riding priority, there are few cricketers better equipped to instil that warm fuzz of sanctuary than Andrew Strauss. On a day when England's cricketers were escorted to the stadium by a posse of jogging commandoes, guarded from the rooftops by an eagle's nest of sharpshooters, Strauss's 13th Test century stood out for its normality and chancelessness.   read more »