And England bowler coach agrees

England bowling coach David Saker:

"It was a disappointing day for all the bowlers. We pride ourselves at being able to restrict scoring and we weren't able to do that.

"We had a chance, but we weren't able to take it. We probably bowled a little bit too short.

"It's drilled into this group not to bowl short. We probably got a little bit excited.

"We thought we bowled full early doors, but there wasn't a lot of swing, then we pulled it back too far.

"But the game is still alive. We will come back tomorrow, fight to get the four wickets and then hopefully bat really well.

"We assess selection all the time. We make mistakes, and we might have made a mistake in this game. We picked a side that we thought would get 20 wickets and that still could happen."

Posted By: Tricky Hawes, Dec 13, 10:24:44