England enjoyed one of their best days with the ball over the winter, as they took hold of the second Test against New Zealand in Christchurch.
THE REPORT
Stuart Broad took four wickets to help England into a strong position in the second Test against New Zealand, with their hosts closing day two on 192-6, still 115 runs behind.
It could have been an even better day for England who, shortly after lunch, had the Black Caps 36-5 with the key wicket of captain Kane Williamson (22), but Colin de Grandhomme and BJ Watling shared in a 142-run stand for the sixth wicket to frustrate the tourists.
MOMENT OF THE DAY
It may not have been the prettiest of wickets, but James Anderson claimed the prized wicket of Kane Williamson just after lunch and left New Zealand in a dismal place.
The centurion from the first Test and Kiwi captain is the scalp the visitors would have wanted most, with Williamson averaging over 50 in red-ball cricket.
England's all-time leading wicket-taker fired the ball down the leg side and the 27-year-old feathered the ball to Bairstow behind the stumps, to the huge delight of Joe Root and the rest of the England players.
STAT OF THE DAY
Watling and De Grandhomme had to battle with plenty of grit and determination to lift New Zealand from 36-5, with their 142-run stand a record sixth-wicket partnership for New Zealand against England.
WHAT THEY SAID
Stuart Broad: "The changes to my action have given me the confidence to hold a line importantly, so I feel like my wrist is much more behind the ball and if I get the angle of my run-up right, I feel like I'm aligned with off stump and the ball is coming out nicely.
"Certainly that first seven overs, I challenged both sides of that bat and I was really happy with that. I put in a lot of hard work behind the scenes - a lot of tinkering to get that feeling back - and today was reward for that."
Michael Atherton: "I thought England improved in a number of areas. First of all, Broad with the new ball - the fact that he is challenging the outside edge again suggests that some of the tinkering around he has done between the Ashes and now has worked.
"He is holding a better line outside off stump and the length that he bowled because of the confidence he got... that was a much more aggressive and challenging length with the new ball.
"England were annoyed in the Ashes, particularly in places like Adelaide where conditions were half in their favour, but new ball bowlers were consistently back of a length, so that was an improvement.
"I like the fact that Wood is there to shake things up. They have something a bit different in him, and I thought Leach bowled accurately."
TWEETS OF THE DAY
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