Dr Paul Hawkins, Inventor of Hawk-Eye
England's first innings score was a great disappointment on a wicket which whilst offering a bit for the bowlers and has proved so far to have very true bounce.
Six of the 10 wickets to fall were caught and all but one of them were caught in the slips.
The graphic (above left) shows where each of the deliveries which resulted in catches would have passed the stumps.
It demonstrates that the batsmen were not forced to play at any of these deliveries; while it is easy to be critical of the English batsman and say that they played at balls that they shouldn't this should be put into context.
Glenn McGrath (graphic, above right) bowled only five balls which were overpitched, and nine bouncers. Other than that every delivery was in the region considered a good length.
This incredible consistency builds up pressure on the batsman and forces them to take on the scoring opportunity when it arrives.
By contrast the Waugh brothers showed before and after tea on Friday that they are quite happy to leave the good balls and not even take on the pull shot. They know a better scoring opportunity will come their way if they are patient.
Click the Launch Hawk-Eye button at the top of this page to do your own interactive anlysis of England's batting weakness in their first innings at Lord's, and the iron discipline shown by Australia's Glenn McGrath.
20 Jul, 2001
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