'Angry and frustrated' Broad reaffirms credentials

The surprise was not that Stuart Broad made an impact on this match. After being left out for the first Test, and the TV interview that followed where he let everyone know just how he felt about that decision, there was little doubt that he would. No, the surprise was that it took Broad until the second new ball to have a say on this game. And because he did, England have a chance of victory on the final day.

The first Test in Southampton had been the first time Broad had been left out of a home Test since 2012. He gave the interview to Sky Sports on day three - angry and frustrated etc - and England's management and senior players followed it up over the next few days by all saying how wonderful it was that someone who had played 138 Test matches and taken 485 wickets still had the necessary hunger and desire etc.

Ben Stokes and Chris Silverwood said Broad was left out at the Ageas Bowl because they wanted extra pace on a pitch they felt was going to be slow. In a press conference a few days before the match, however, Broad said the players had been told the first choice attack would be selected for the opening Test.

Perhaps the mixed messages contributed to the anger Broad said he felt. Either the policy he had spoken of changed once England's brains trust looked at the pitch - which would be perfectly reasonable - or he took his omission as a sign that he is not part of England's first choice attack when everyone is fit. Regardless, it is clear that Broad viewed his first Test omission as a slight.

The really interesting thing about the interview, though, was not Broad's comments about anger and confusion. It was that he vowed to be ready when he got an opportunity. He certainly looked it today.

Broad took the wickets of Shamarh Brooks, Jermaine Blackwood and Shane Dowrich i