Broad's redemption
Under pressure to keep his place in the side, Stuart Broad stepped up to hand England the advantage by sticking to the method that fetched him so much success against Australia two years ago, writes David Lloyd in the Independent on Sunday .
Siddhartha Talya
25-Feb-2013
Under pressure to keep his place in the side, Stuart Broad stepped up to hand England the advantage by sticking to the method that fetched him so much success against Australia two years ago, writes David Lloyd in the Independent on Sunday.
Stop, Stuart! Yes, David Saker, England's respected bowling coach, did indeed use that "enforcer" word during the Sri Lanka Test series when talking about Broad's role. But with conditions at Lord's yesterday crying out for the ball to be pitched up most of the time, Strauss's first-change bowler went back to the method that brought him so much success against Australia two years ago.
In the Mail on Sunday, James Anderson is more than happy to see Kevin Pietersen and Stuart Broad prove their critics wrong.
A change in lengths was key to Broad reaping rewards on the third day, writes Simon Hughes in the Daily Telegraph.
In the Independent on Sunday, Stephen Fay captures the buzz in anticipation of Sachin Tendulkar's 100th hundred. Simon Briggs, too, in the Telegraph on Sunday.
Steve James dissects Rahul Dravid's 33rd Test century in the Telegraph on Sunday.
Broad was the key component in England's counterattack after an enthralling partnership between Tendulkar and Dravid, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian.
In the same newspaper, Mike Brearley pays tribute to Tendulkar, who revealed a few of his jewels in his brief cameo of 34.
Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo