Former England cricket captain Andrew Strauss has spoken for the first time about how he and his young sons are coping with the death of his wife Ruth just three months ago. Diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer in December 2017, Ruth died at the age of 46 in the final days of 2018. Strauss met Ruth in Sydney in 1998, and the couple went on to marry five years later. In his latest interview, Strauss said his family continued to work to raise funds for cancer treatment and research under The Ruth Strauss Foundation. BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew also paid tribute, saying: 'All our thoughts and prayers are with Andrew Strauss and his family.

Source: Daily Mail March 31, 2019 11:03 UTC