Cook's unbeaten 244 was great to watch, it also meant he spent the entire 5 days playing in the field, truely a mean feat of endurance. It's getting near impossible for teams to win on foreign soil because the pitches are getting more different so the home ground advantage is increasing.

The old WACA ground had it's last big game, countless batsmen have been scared witless there with 90+ MPH balls flying past their heads. Shame to see it replaced with a drop in pitch.