Jarquis
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Nah, I'm sorry. Not having it.You're chasing 360 not 280. You just were not going to win with Trott batting line this. You happen to be getting absolutely belted because the others Cook and Bell have also batted like ****. But I am talking about winning, not "not losing badly".
If you want to rely on 2 batsmen scoring above 100 strike rate when chasing a score of 360 then you're in strife. Lucky the next World Cup isn't on the subcontinent!
If Trott gets 110(100) then you're looking at the other blokes to contributed 250(200) which is a perfectly reasonable strategy.
You'd have half a case if Trott had thrown it away in the 60s with a SR of 75 or whatever, but he hasn't. He's done his job.