dres anderson ama jersey is his to lose. dres anderson am a bbc news.et onto story about andrew strauss. andrew strauss is to take a step back from his role as england's director of cricket while his wife is treated for cancer. the former captain, who's been in the role since 2015, left december‘s ashes tour early when she was diagnosed with the disease. he says the team will be in safe hands, while he initially takes three months out of the role. my boots will be very adequately filled by andy flower who we all know has experience in and around the england team. he will keep a very steady hand on the tiller while i am away. it's obviously disappointing that we are here at lords and full of that optimism about what the summer holds for us. but i need my focus to be on my family for this period of time and obviously i'm very grateful for the ecp in supporting me through that. so, strauss confirming former england coach andy flower will look after things. one of his firstjobs: overseeing england's two—match test series with pakistan. it starts on thursday