Stuart Broad fears weather could be deciding factor in Grenada Test
Thursday 23 April 2015 10:06, UK
Stuart Broad fears the weather may deny England the chance of victory in the second Test against the West Indies in Grenada.
The hosts made 299 in their opening innings and England closed day two on 74 without loss, but persistent rain at the National Stadium has already washed out 50 overs.
England paceman Broad, who took 4-61 from 24 overs, says he is hoping for a full day’s cricket on Wednesday under a bright blue sky.
"The only way we can win is by getting 400, 450 in the first innings and applying pressure that way," he said. "We need a bit of lady luck, blue skies in the morning and hopefully there's not too much swing.
"You can't have mornings like we've had on every day of the Test or it will be a draw. But we've got a pretty simple job from now, which is to bat a day-and-half to two days because I don't think anyone really knows how this wicket will behave late on days three, four or five."
Broad was also full of praise for England openers Alistair Cook and Jonathan Trott after they survived the final 26 overs of the second day without suffering any serious problems.
'Fantastic'
"It was great to see a Cook-Trott 50 partnership again," he said. "It's been a few years but there's some fantastic memories of those two batting together and hopefully we can see more of the same.
"It's been quite a common theme here that the new ball has got wickets so to have got through it with these two at the crease is a big bonus, they've looked fantastic."
As for his own improved bowling performance, Broad added: "I made a slight technical change overnight. I watched quite a lot of footage from the last two years of my wickets.
"I'd been bowling a little bit tighter to the stumps which was stopping me getting my hips through and taking my momentum away.
"So I went a bit wider in my run-up. It was only a really small change, back to what I'd been doing last summer and 18 months before that, and it seems to have worked. I was really pleased with how I bowled."
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