Fair play to Stuart Broad, totally proved me wrong with that effort today.

We still need to put some runs on the board though, can't see the Indian batting go so meekly second time around.

If that one dimension is powerful enough to get them to No.1 they're still No.1. I mean, West Indies haven't had a great spinner since Lance Gibbs retired in 1975! (Before their fifteen years of domination without losing a single Test series.)

India have consistently started slowly in overseas Test series in recent years, although their bowling certainly seems to lack strength in depth beyond Zaheer, Ishant and Harbhajan.


I'm glad Broad did well and hope he continues to do so, but that's not to say Bresnan couldn't have done a similar job, and he'd done more to justify a place for this particular series IMO.

Agreed.

Think some people have been too quick to write India off, their bowling attack isn't going to challenge any of the all time greats, but they've got us on the rack a bit here.

Shaping up to be one hell of a last couple of days.

Not doing too shabbily this morning this "one-dimensional" side are they??

We're back in command now (or should be), India have suffered for being left with only 3 front line bowlers available - if they'd had Zaheer to help turn the screw earlier it would have been up for grabs.

Hope we have at least an hour at them tonight.

Yes they're spanking us aren't they.

Prior gets his century and Strauss declares setting India 458, good recovery after this morning.

30 overs left tonight and a whole day tomorrow to force the win, wonder if India will go negative like they did in the WI?

There's the first.

Mabe I'll just shut my big mouth about Broad!

He's done great in this match, but he has to do it consistently. He's not a kid any more, he's played dozens of Tests now, and he has to produce the goods not just once but consistently. For me, Bresnan has been better when given the chance, although I don't really care who's in the team as long as it functions as a unit.