65-4 at lunch.
On the surface that looks like a fantastic effort.
But it hasn't been a relentless barrage of pressure by any means.
Anderson and Finn below par, but fcuk me you'd take this if offered beforehand.
Hussey looks solid, and this is his home ground. But you'd back one of the seamers to clean him up or at least limit his impact. Smith looks like what he is, a novice but with Haddin still to come there is a bit of resistance yet.
Hopefully there's not too many pats on the back in the dressing room. As odd as this may sound with 4 down at lunch, England can do better. Skittle this shower out for circa 200 and it would be very hard -even for England- to throw this one away.
