Strauss braced for 'huge' Test

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The third Test of five is scheduled to get under way this morning, weather permitting, and could prove to be as crucial to this campaign as the corresponding fixture was to the 2005 series. England sealed an epic two-run victory over Australia four years ago and developed the momentum into the latter matches to claim a 2-1 success.

With England leading the current series 1-0, Strauss said: "We all recognise this Test match is going to be the hardest of all of them."

He added: "It is a huge Test match for both sides, whichever side comes out of this takes the momentum into the second half of the series.

"It is the middle Test match and whatever happens here has a big effect on the last two Test matches, and there is not a lot of time to put things right from here on in."