Angus Fraser will be retiring from First Class Cricket immediately following the final Benson and Hedges zonal match on 6th May 2002. Angus has been offered the position of Chief Cricket Correspondent of The Independent newspaper and Middlesex have agreed to release Angus from his contract to enable him to take up his new career with the media.

"It is the end of an era" said Phil Edmonds, the Club Chairman. "Gus has been a magnificent servant of the club and England and we are very sorry to lose him. He did a great job for us last year as captain and we would have loved him to continue with the improvements the club have recently made, but opportunities like this do not come along very often, and Gus and the club are right to consider his longer term future. We wish him every success".

Angus will continue to captain the club until the 6th May, when Andrew Strauss will take over as captain.

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