Ashes 2013 - 1st Test Trent Bridge: Five things England can take away

Phil Hughes, Michael Clarke, Ed Cowan, wicketkeeper Brad Haddin and Ashton Agar of Australia appeal unsuccessfully for the wicket of Stuart Broad

3. Review carefully

England were fortunate that their opponents were a little extravagant with their reviews but England deserve the credit for exhibiting a better judgment.

They were on the wrong side of a decision in the case of the dismissal of Jonathan Trott in the second innings but they benefited from the fact that Stuart Broad controversially survived when he was at 37 (and went on to score 65, the extra 28 run covering England’s 14-run margin of victory).

They had the review to fall upon when they did not get the correct decision on the final wicket of Brad Haddin or otherwise who knows what could have happened.

Decision reviewing, thus, become almost as important a job for the captain as setting the right-fields.