You could see the quality Copeland has in his second spell...but his inexperience showed very clearly, his head was down early and never really came back up.
Other things I got out of the game...
-Tim Paine, sadly, doesn't look like a captains arsehole. He managed his bowlers well but the actual changes were nonsensical at times and his field placings were very, very simplistic. He looked a bit like a social league skipper tbh. Simple things stood out, like using Christian over Lee at the end when he was getting sh*tcarted...sure, England were on top but they still needed 30 odd off like 4 overs. Not bowling Keath was a mistake as well IMO, after he took 4 last year. He's also not close to Haddin in any facet, but he will be if he keeps at it.
-Pattinson and Copeland are a LONG way off. They have the foundations but they need experience and to grow into their games.
-Brett Lee looked fit, and is still a very handy bat. I don't know what the speeds were like on telly but he looked to operating at about 80% most of the time. Would have been nice to see him rip in but maybe he's not quite there yet...still, a must for at least a few games in the ODIs IMO
-Doherty might have been sh*t in the Tests, but he deserves another chance in the ODIs...
-Ian Bell is the luckiest man in cricket at the moment...about eleventeen chances that fell just clear. Poor fielders must have been pulling their hair out.
