Melbourne, May 31: Strauss declared yesterday as soon as Ian Bell became the third player in the hosts” innings to score a hundred after Alastair Cook (133) and Jonathan Trott (203) had carried on from where they left off in Australia.
Man-of-the-match Trott”s Test average of 66.77 now puts him second only to Australia great Sir Donald Bradman in the all-time standings, not that the England number three was one for dwelling on his place in the game. “I don”t pay attention to my average, I just want to contribute to the team,” Trott said.
——–Agencies