Cricket: Strauss insists catch was fair

England captain Andrew Strauss claims the catch against Phillip Hughes, despite the ball appearing to hit the ground.

LONDON - Andrew Strauss insists he has a clear conscience over his controversial catch which dismissed Phillip Hughes on the fourth day of the second test at Lord's.

Australia were hit by three controversial umpiring decisions in their second innings on the way to a 115-run defeat, but that involving the England captain at first slip provided the biggest talking point.

Television replays suggested Hughes' nick off Andrew Flintoff's bowling touched the ground as Strauss was gathering the ball.

Strauss insists this was not the case and believes television cameras are not yet sophisticated enough to accurately assess whether a ball is caught in these circumstances.

"This is one of the real problems of technology," Strauss said.

"I felt 100 per cent I caught the ball, I've got a couple of bruised fingers where the ball I felt bounced off.

"On the slow motion it looked like it hit the ground. It's a tricky one, we saw it with Nathan Hauritz earlier in the game and we've seen it loads of times over the last few years.

"I don't know what the solution is to be honest with you. I still maintain that I caught that ball, it's tricky because it looks like it hasn't carried but I still firmly believe that it did."

- AAP