Created … Former England cricket captain Andrew Strauss has spoken for the first time since the tragic death of his wife, Ruth. Even so, it is hard to think any woman has done more for the England men’s team behind the scenes, given her ability to tune into everyone’s wavelength, which translated into making every new player’s wife or partner feel integrated, even before her husband became Test captain in 2009.“Anyone who has met Ruth will know how loving, caring and passionately protective she was of her family and it gives us huge comfort that she was in Australia, the land of her birth, surrounded by those who love her, in her final moments,” said Andrew Strauss on announcing his wife’s death “with immense grief”.“Treatment is going really well, I have not been required at the hospital for two weeks now. I had the privilege of getting to know her when I ghosted a book for Strauss in 2009, and they turned up at my house on the way back from a holiday in Cornwall, shortly before the Ashes, to do a chapter. Sir Andrew John Strauss OBE (born 2 March 1977) is an English cricket administrator and former player, formerly the Director of Cricket for the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Full stop.”And ex-Middlesex opener Strauss admits it is something he never expects his boys to fully come to terms with. “Thanks so much for your words of encouragement,” she texted exactly one year ago. I made it out of hospital for Christmas and we have had some wins since then. Let’s get behind him and make the third day of each Lord’s Test the Ruth Strauss foundation day, just like Glenn McGrath did for his wife Jayne in the Sydney Test.”We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future.Behind, or alongside, every successful England cricket captain there has been a strong partner. “I am alive and taking each glorious day as it comes.
Ruth passed away three months ago, aged 46, following a battle with terminal lung cancer.Sunday marks the first Mother's Day without their maternal parent for Strauss' kids Sam, 13 and Luca, 10.He has spoken candidly about the last year of his marriage, rating it as "probably the best".Former England cricket captain Andrew Strauss has spoken for the first time since the tragic death of his wife, Ruth.The former England cricket captain says his final 12 months with his wife were "probably the best of our marriage"Strauss, 42, resigned from his role as England director of cricket in October to spend time with his family amid his wife's illness.Ruth also went shopping for presents for her sons to open on their 18th birthdays as she arranged her own palliative care while she was still well enough."She talked about doing things as well as she could, and if it was going to be death, she wanted to do that as well as she possibly could.”The Ashes winner says his wife was "incredibly accepting" of her situation - and laid the foundations for a charity helping lung cancer sufferers which has since been set up in her memory.“She still wanted to fight it with everything she had, but she also accepted that it might not work out," Strauss added."It doesn’t mean you’re over it by any means, and I don’t think this is something you can get over. Ruth Strauss, the Sydney-born wife of former England cricket captain Andrew Strauss, has died in Australia aged 46 after a battle with lung cancer. From death’s door to yoga class is a b----- miracle and long may it last. The world of cricket has paid tribute to Ruth Strauss, wife of former England captain and director of cricket Andrew Strauss, who died yesterday after battling a rare form of lung cancer. Tragically in December 2018, Ruth died from a … Former English cricket captain Andrew Strauss remembers his wife's "loving" nature after the Australian-born actor dies aged 46 amongst her family in Australia, from a rare form of lung cancer. 'I will miss her terribly': Andrew Strauss's wife dies from cancer aged 46 Ruth Strauss, 46, has died a year after being diagnosed with cancer. It’s a terrible loss for him and the wider cricket community.”We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism.If I may be personal, I want to quote from texts she sent after she had been diagnosed. She was 46 You need a rock behind the scenes, and Ruth was the rock for Andrew – and a rock for all the other players.
Piers Morgan and Kevin Kevin Pietersen have lead the tributes to the mother-of-two. We sure have a fight on our hands, but I am so grateful to be alive that I feel my glass is overflowing.”Michael Vaughan, who preceded Strauss as England captain, said: “All the plaudits go to the men, but cricket is nerve-racking and 75 per cent of the time you fail. They brought, not airs and graces, but their two boys, a nice loaf and bottle of wine.As Vaughan commented: “Andrew will make sure the foundation is her great legacy. Yay for magic bullets!” He played county cricket for Middlesex, and captained the England national team in all formats of the game.
RUTH STRAUSS, the wife of former England cricketer Andrew Strauss, has died at the age of 46.
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