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#5 Andrew Strauss
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The stylish left-handed opening batsman, Andrew Strauss, who was born in South Africa, loved scoring off the back foot and mostly played cut and pull shots.
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Between 2003 and 2011, the former England captain scored 3,053 runs at an average of 38.16 in 83 ODIs as an opener.
Out of his six ODI tons, five came while opening the batting with his highest score being 158 that was registered against India in a 2011 fifty-over game at Bangalore.
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