DEREK PRINGLE

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If James Anderson is the perfectionist, Stuart Broad is the pragmatist – a bowler who finds what works in the circumstances and goes with it, be that inspiration from the crowd, the conditions, or simply the doubt of others, the last of which he reckons has powered his entire career.
Feeling the force in that way means he produces spells where he is unstoppable and wickets fall in clumps, something he was up to again on the opening day against Ireland at Lord’s.
Taking the new ball from the Pavilion End, something he wouldn’t have done had Anderson not been re...