Jimmy’s defiant

11-10fav With leaders, led 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on, won at Southwell 5f mdn stks (5) fbs in Mar beating Phantom Flipper by 1l, 7 ran. 10-1 Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 10, 2l behind Royal Mezyan at Wolverhampton 5f hcp 0-75 (5) in Nov. 5-1 Close up, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, unable to quicken inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 2 1/4l behind Royal Mezyan at Wolverhampton 5f hcp 0-75 (5) in Nov.

10-1 In rear, not clear run approaching final furlong, soon switched right, ran on, nearest finish, 4th of 10, 2 1/4l behind Royal Mezyan at Wolverhampton 5f hcp 0-75 (5) in Nov. 5-1 Led narrowly, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on, no impression when lost 2nd final strides, 3rd of 11, 1 1/4l behind Zipedeedodah at Wolverhampton 5f hcp 0-70 (5) in Nov. 12-1 Soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 10, 4l behind Royal Mezyan at Wolverhampton 5f hcp 0-75 (5) in Nov. 20-1 Held up in touch, weakened well over 1f out, last of 16, 9l behind Mysterious Look at Nottingham 5f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Oct. 33-1 Pulled hard and awkward going to post, awkwardly away, behind, some headway final furlong, never involved, 10th of 11, 5l behind Fast Act at Chelmsford City 5f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Oct.

11-1 Always towards rear, 10th of 11, 11l behind Kenny The Captain at Redcar 6f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Sep. 16-1 Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, edged right over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 6l behind Memories Galore at Kempton 5f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Nov.

20-1 With winner, outpaced towards far side rail 2f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong, last of 14, 8l behind Rural Celebration at Newcastle 5f hcp 0-75 (5) in Oct. 12-1 In rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, no impression final furlong, 8th of 14, 5l behind Savannah Beau at Newcastle 6f hcp 0-75 (5) in Nov. 14-1 Headway on outer to join winner over 3f out, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened final furlong, 11th of 14, 8l behind Captain Dion at Chelmsford City 6f hcp 0-80 (4) pol.

20-1 Mid-division, under pressure halfway, soon lost place and behind, eased approaching final furlong, last of 10, 31l behind Dynamo Walt at Chelmsford City 5f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Aug. were finally bowled out for a ground-record 631, and Bairstow (50no) took his cue in a 92-run stand which helped England to 182 for six - albeit still 49 runs short of even making the hosts bat again.

Anderson will be required with the bat at least, and has not given up hope that he may yet have something to bowl at too.

India’s spinners are already responsible for another five wickets in England’s second innings, taking their series aggregate to 51.

But Anderson said: “I’m not sure they’re too difficult to handle.

“They’re obviously world-class spinners, but we knew the task ahead when we came over here.”

He hopes Root and Bairstow have provided a belated template for success.

Anderson added: “I enjoyed watching (them) bat. I thought they did it with real positive intent, and showed you can still score runs out there. We hope that’s given the lads down the order a bit of confidence.”