Ok... this series has seen hardly any dismissals in which the batsman played no part in his own downfall. Would anyone care to grade (a) the deliveries that have taken wickets; and {b} the culpability of the batsman.

Grade deliveries on a scale from 1-5:

1. Unplayable, a jaffa
2. Superb, no disgrace for the batsman
3. Good, a class batsman who is "in" should cope
4. Poor, even a batsman new to the crease should cope
5. Rank, no threat even to a tail-ender

Grade shots on a scale from A-E:

a. Good in conception and execution
b. Average, the shot of a player new to the crease
c. Poor, either shot selection or execution suspect
d. Extremely poor, either in shot selection / execution
e. Atrocious, truly inexcusable in shot selection / awful execution

My impression, having caught only summaries of much of the England Innings, is that the WI bowling rarely rose above
(3) and that only Read of the England top 8 was actually got out bt a (1) or (2) delivery playing an (a) or (b) shot: the rest were tested by shots in the (3)-(5) range and played shots in the {c}-(e) range.

Thoughts?

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