England enjoyed the perfect start to the third day, moving into a position of dominance. It was inevitable that Joe Root would turn to his senior bowlers at the start of the day and they did not let him down. Broad’s opening three overs cost just four runs, and Anderson’s four overs just seven runs. Tighter and tighter they wound the tourniquet. That something came from the second ball of the sixth over, when Broad ran his fingers gently down the side of…

Source: The Times November 25, 2017 02:00 UTC