ENG vs NZ | Got a really good feeling: Stuart Broad confident in pursuit of victory in Lord's Test
India Today
Stuart Broad wants his England teammates to continue to take a positive approach on Day 4 at Lord’s to seal a win in the first Test against New Zealand.
England pacer Stuart Broad has urged his teammates to carry their newfound positive approach on Day 4 of the ongoing Lord's Test against New Zealand. England are just 61 runs away from securing a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series, with five wickets in hand and Joe Root, unbeaten on 77, once again in compelling form.
England were 216/5 at the close on Day 3 of the first Test, chasing a target of 277 after dismissing New Zealand for 285 before lunch on Saturday. New Zealand require five wickets as the contest remained intriguingly poised at the end of a tense third day.
"It's had a bit of everything. It's up to us as a group of players to do everything we can to get over the line, and it would be very special, but if it doesn't work that way we step up to the plate in Nottingham," Stuart Broad said after the day's play.
"But I've got a really good feeling about tomorrow. Joe Root is one of the calmest, England's best-ever batsmen, and Foakesy I thought settled really nicely, and then it's going to be up to the lower order to chase these runs, so it's set up to be a brilliant morning."
"We were a bit disappointed yesterday afternoon...they played really well for their runs. We knew we had to strike with the new ball because the Test match was riding on it. If New Zealand gets 340-350 it's a different game. I really enjoyed the feeling of getting the crowd going, and lifting the energy in the stadium. The crowd responded brilliantly and so did the players.
"It's been a really enjoyable Test match, (it's) really exciting and hard to know what is going to happen from hour to hour," said Broad. "It's great to be coming [back] knowing either team could win. In Test cricket, you're constantly saying 'it's a big hour', and I feel like we've said that every single hour here. The hour with Rooty and Foakesy before the new ball is going to be crucial to try and get the runs down as low as we can.
"There have been times we've had to soak up pressure, but we've got to have a really positive mindset leading up to the new ball. The way Rooty and Stokesy played after a bit of luck with the no-ball showed the way this team want to go about it.
