Trott: Ricky had no case at all

Jonathan Trott did not believe Ricky Ponting had a good case for questioning the not out verdict against Kevin Pietersen which led to an incident between the home captain and umpire Aleem Dar.

England's batsmen dominated day two following their memorable Boxing Day bowling performance, Trott making an unbeaten 141 alongside half-centuries from Matt Prior (75 n o) and Pietersen (51).

That saw them to 444 for a five ufffd a lead of 346 ufffd but Ponting's lengthy verbal spat with the match officials dominated the post-match debate.

Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin thought Pietersen had edged behind, leading to a not out verdict by Dar which was upheld on review by TV umpire Marais Erasmus.

Ponting reacted furiously, but non-striker Trott believes the decision was correct.

"I didn't think there was anything there," he told Sky Sports News. "I don't know if it (Pietersen's bat) came off the pad or not, I'm not quite sure what the noise was.

"I didn't see much (of Ponting's reaction), I was just chatting to Kev the whole time. Of course they wanted the decision to go their way, but that's cricket. I think the review system is there to correct mistakes and it's pretty spot-on at the moment."