Saturday 10 August 2013

Broad: 'We need quick wickets'

England bowler Stuart Broad feels that he and his teammates are in for a crucial morning to get wickets against Australia at the Emirates Durham International Cricket Ground.

Broad took four wickets on day two but the Baggy Greens ended the day in a strong position at 222-5, just 16 runs behind the Three Lions' first innings total, thanks to a maiden Test ton for Chris Rogers.

He said: "That's the way cricket works sometimes, you have to give them credit for the way they dug it out. It is a really grinding wicket and you have to accumulate your runs, it's certainly the best wicket we've had to bowl seamers on in this series.

"The new ball with a slightly fuller length did seam around, I think when the ball got 45/50 overs old we saw a big change and there wasn't as much seam movement as there was earlier, which made the inroads with the new ball pretty crucial.

"It actually gives us a lot of hope for tomorrow because we know that ball will seam around and we need quick wickets. We need to go out there and not expect everything to just happen and try and force the issue and create some chances and make it happen."

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