Sydney, July 23 - England captain Andrew Strauss has admitted that his controversial catch of Australian opener Phil Hughes at the slips in the Lord Test could have been grassed.

Though Strauss firmly maintains he grasped a clean catch off Hughes, he conceded video replays may have revealed a different story. 'On the slow motion it looks like it hit the ground,' Strauss was quoted saying in the Daily Telegraph.

'But I still maintain that I caught that ball. At times it looks like it hasn't carried but I still firmly believe it did. This is one of the real problems with technology as it is. I don't know what the solution is, to be honest with you.'

Strauss was speaking as match referee Jeff Crowe attempted to defend Umpire Billy Doctrove's decision not to refer the Strauss catch to the video umpire. Doctrove, standing at square leg, maintains it was a fair catch.