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Strauss - feels bad about Fletcher's departure.
Andrew Strauss claimed he and his team-mates were to blame for Duncan Fletcher's decision to resign as England coach.
Fletcher coached England for the last time in the World Cup dead rubber victory over the West Indies, with England and Wales Cricket Board academy director Peter Moores taking over the job on May 1.
Fletcher was on the receiving end of a great deal of criticism for his failure to improve England's fortunes in one-day cricket. A nine-wicket defeat to South Africa earlier this week ensured they would not progress beyond the Super Eight stage in the Caribbean.
But opening batsman Strauss believes the blame should be laid at the players' door, not Fletcher's.
"Perhaps the hardest aspect (of Fletcher's resignation) to come to terms with is that we, as a group of players have to be largely responsible for his decision," the Middlesex man wrote in his Sunday Telegraph column.
"We have not played anywhere nearly as well as we could have over the last six months and, despite Duncan's efforts, have been unable to change things around when they mattered most."
Strauss hailed the improvements Fletcher had brought about in his batting and fielding, and said: "Duncan will be greatly missed by all of us involved in the England team. Regardless of how his tenure has finished, Duncan has been by far the best coach that I have ever worked with, he has taken the England cricket team further than many ever thought possible, and he has done it all by being honest, loyal, dignified, and patient. We wish him all the best for the future."
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