Looks a good day for batting, lots of sunshine. Hopefully can Broad can play like he did v NZ and help push us towards 400. 400 afte rbeing 30-3 is a very good score
our run rate at 3.97 is pretty good. If we can see ali get 50 that will be a useful contribution from him and keep him in the side if his bowling is even average. If borad can take 25-30 that would be good imo. They are rotating the strike away from broad which makes sense.
this is getting better and better. Wood wasn't awful i nthe odi v new zealand Ali has done ok. his score is quite good now so if he could even get a 100 here if the others just stand there its a big deal. you would quietly hope for no worse than a draw on this pitch if we get to 450.
thats your job! I would say to the two.. have a slash now and get a few more. its 428/9.. thats more than we expected. 450 would be excellent
430.. good recovery... might not be enough for a win but it should be enough for a draw unless we collapse in second innings
stop trying to make me the jinx when you did that all day yesterday. broad must not bowl bouncers all day here. vital to get a good start