Test batsmen need to step up

In 2011, only two batsmen scored more than 1000 runs in Tests, and there were several batting collapses. Ben Dorries, writing in the Courier Mail, says there is no excuse as things are still in favour of batsmen in modern cricket.

They have more powerful bats, smaller boundaries and are favoured by bad light calls often when fans still have their sunglasses on in the stands. Batsmen get every advantage. Surely it is not too much to ask for them for put their head down and bat with the same passion we are now seeing from many of the world's bowlers, including superb Australian young gun James Pattinson.