Second Test wide open reckons http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 – Cricket News Update
England’s strike bowler, Stuart Broad, feels that the second Test against South Africa is wide open after his side finished the second day on 48 runs without any loss, at Headingley, Leeds.
“It's pretty even, I think. Being none down for us was vital tonight, and tomorrow morning the first hour will be huge - because we all have one job, and that's to bat as big and as long as we possibly can," said Broad who finished with figures of 3 for
96.
He reckoned that the pitch would lose its bounce in the coming days, which would help the English batsmen, forcing the South Africans to bend their backs while trying to get something out of the wicket.
The lanky pacer insisted that the pitch was not difficult to bat on as it only took http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Petersen-c1028 to prevent England from bowling out the visitors cheaply with the Proteas batman mounting a brave knock of 182 runs, while the rest of the
batting unit gave an average performance.
Nonetheless, after conceding a total of 419 runs, England now need to bat with patience to overcome South Africa’s mammoth total.
“We're in no rush here with the bat; we can just settle in, take our time and try to build as big a total as we can. Our number one priority with the bat is to try to be patient, and look as big as we can,” added Broad.
The young bowler opined that his side would probably need to post something around 600 runs to put South Africa under pressure on the final day.
With Broad leading the English pace battery, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ST-Finn-c2566 shared two wickets each.
Meanwhile, there is bad news for South Africa as reports indicate that Petersen might not be available in the remaining match after suffering a hamstring injury.
South Africa on Friday got bowled-out by England for a first innings tally of 419 and then remained wicket less as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 on 20 runs off 53 deliveries.
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