Strauss added: ‘England have sat back here rather than make things happen. You can go a long way towards winning a game on the first morning at Lord's but you have to make things happen. I can't fathom some of the tactics.'
At least it was a good day for Gary Ballance, who was under the spotlight after his drunken, topless antics following the first Test in Nottingham. The Yorkshire batsman eased some of the pressure on him by snaffling two sharp slip catches in the morning session.
The ICC have appointed Australian judge Gordon Lewis to hear the code of conduct cases against Jimmy Anderson and Ravi Jadeja following last week's Trent Bridge Test. There will be a preliminary hearing next Tuesday before a date is set for the final hearing which could see both men banned for part of the series.
