Ian Chappell: 'Andrew Strauss must force mistakes with aggressive captaincy'

Former Australia captain Ian Chappell has said that Andrew Strauss must become more aggressive in his captaincy rather than wait for South Africa to make mistakes.

England will take on South Africa in the second Test on Thursday having taken just two wickets in the first match and Chappell says that Strauss must force the visitors into mistakes by way of decisive captaincy.

"Andrew Strauss is most comfortable when he's strangling the opposition's scoring with accurate bowling and strategically spread fields," Chappell said in his column for Cricinfo. "He could never be accused of over-attacking.

"Against top-class sides, captains have to provoke a mistake rather than expect they'll occur purely as a result of patience."

Strauss scored just 27 runs in the Test match at The Oval.