Buttler was done by one pitching well outside and reversing in to clip the top of off, no comparison tbf. Not a good leave obviously and poor judgement but the ball was an excellent one.
I'm afraid I totally disagree, look again it moved appreciably, my eyes aren't deceiving me having looked at it again and again.
I find it strange that Archer was in ahead of him based on that. I would’ve thought you’d want someone with a good defensive technique out of the tailenders, like Leach, to back up whoever is still left in the middle order in ahead of someone like Archer.
Yeah Archer does have more run scoring options as a batsman as opposed to Leach, who will usually defend until the end of the over, but with the exception of a 30 in New Zealand, Archer has been out early when he’s come in, in test matches anyway (off the top of my head). At least with Leach’s defensive style, it gives whoever he’s backing up a chance to get more runs to our total, like he has done with Bess today.
Tough one Dave,can see both points of view. Doubt they'll add that many runs and some overs at their openers may have been the way to go,but looking at the pitch I've a feeling England will bat twice.