Wednesday 15 April 2015 10:21, UK
Seamer Chris Jordan thought England produced a decent bowing display to reduce West Indies to 155-4 on day two of the first Test in Antigua.
And Jordan is confident that his fellow seamer James Anderson will soon have the three wickets he needs to overtake Sir Ian Botham as England’s top Test wicket taker.
Anderson got the breakthrough after lunch and Jordan, Stuart Broad and James Tredwell also chipped in with wickets.
However, West Indies fought back in the final part of the day, Jermaine Blackwood and Shivarine Chanderpaul taking them from 99-4 to 155-4.
However, they still have some way to go to get near England’s first innings total of 399.
And Jordan said: “Jimmy got us off and running with the first wicket, and the rest of us tried to back that up, which I thought we did pretty well.
“If he keeps doing that and bowling the way he does, those wickets are just around the corner.
"The stat is obviously there but I don't think Jimmy or any of us are going about our cricket or thinking about things differently.
"We're just trying to group balls as a bowling unit and create pressure.
"As a group we try and win every session, so we'll come back as hard as we can to break this partnership, then make inroads into the tail."
Anderson bowled just four overs after tea on day two and was not used in the last 21 overs of the day.
And West Indies opener Kraigg Brathwaite, who did well to survive Anderson’s testing first spell, wondered if the England man had tired through the day.
“Obviously, when Anderson started with the new ball it was moving a lot, so facing him then was a little more challenging,” said Brathwaite.
"But obviously he bowled a couple of overs before lunch as well, so I don't know if maybe he was a little bit tired.
"It was a good challenge facing him when the ball is swinging both ways. The key is to keep as still as possible."
Jordan, who took a brilliant catch to remove Brathwaite for 39 off Tredwell, said Anderson was feeling fine.
"No, not at all," he said, when asked if his team-mate was ailing late in the day.
"He's in a good head space as far as I'm concerned and hopefully he can build on a lot of the good stuff he did today
"Jimmy didn't go about his business any differently."
