BUMBLE NOT AT THE TEST

BROAD SEIZES THE MOMENT WITH A PERFECT DELIVERY

STUART BROAD’s delivery to Cheteshwar Pujara was a belter. It was in the high 80s, the swing was so late it started closer to Pujara than Broad. It would have bowled anyone. Broad seized the moment, getting Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik in successive balls.

CURRAN GETS UP TO SPEED

INDIA haven’t coped with the moving ball. It’s as simple as that. England have the perfect attack, with Chris Woakes backing up Broad and Jimmy Anderson, then Sam Curran (above) offering a different angle. I was really pleased with the pace of Curran: 84-85mph.

NO SYMPATHY AT HOME AS THE WALL GOES UP

YOU’LL recall that I got a drenching doing my breezeblock wall. I’m sorry to report I’m now suffering with man flu, which as everyone knows, is not very pleasant. But I have had no sympathy whatsoever from Vipers at home. Mind you, I hear my friend and

Sportsmail colleague Charles Sale is also under the weather. If I know Charlie, he’ll be grinning and bearing it.

VIPERS TAKES DEFEAT BADLY

I WAS at the football on Saturday. It was the big one: York City v Alfreton Town. Vipers is a seasonticket holder, and we stand behind the goal at Bootham Crescent. Sorry to say City slumped to another defeat, leaving Vipers to moan: ‘I’m not coming any more.’ I’ve only just bought her season ticket!