London, September 29: England captain Andrew Strauss did no wrong by denying his South African counterpart Graeme Smith a runner during their teams’ Champions Trophy clash as Smith was merely tired not injured, feels former skipper Nasser Hussain.
“Andrew Strauss was right to deny Graeme Smith a runner at the climax of England’s outstanding win over South Africa.
It is down to the umpires to decide if someone can have a runner and, as I understand it, they were not happy for the South Africa captain to have one, so why should Strauss step in?” Hussain wrote in his column for ‘The Daily Mail’.
“Smith had cramp, which is a fitness issue rather than an injury, and it is impossible to criticise Strauss for saying ‘no’,” he said.
–PTI