Stuart Broad breaks through to give England chance of second Test victory

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  • Second Test D4: England 469-9 and 37-2; West Indies 287
  • Broad takes three wickets for one run with second new ball

Stuart Broad made quite an impression at the Rose Bowl with the candour of his interview on the second day after his omission from the team. Here it took him a bit longer to make an impact but on the fourth evening he managed it. The match seemed to be drifting, the pitch was sleeping and West Indies were batting diligently towards safety, whereupon the recalled Broad, armed with the second new ball, intervened.

In the space of 14 deliveries from the Jimmy Anderson End, Broad took three wickets for one run and the game was alive again. West Indies had been coasting, on 235 for four after 80 overs, after which a different ball and a different Broad made batting a different proposition. But for the calm presence of Roston Chase the tourists may have been compelled to follow-on. In the end they were bowled out for 287, a deficit of 182.

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