The Ashes 2013: 2nd Test at Lord's - Five players to watch out for on Day 4

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4. Stuart Broad

Stuart Broad had a horrid time in the first Test at Trent Bridge. He suffered an injury while batting in the first innings that did not allow him to participate fully with the ball and then there was the ‘to walk or not to walk’ controversy that titillated a few cricketing nerds with the question of the ‘spirit of the game’.

However, he has made up for all that at Lord’s. It began with his breezy innings of 33 with the bat when the match was in balance that took England past the 350 mark. He backed that up with a decent bowling performance picking up the key scalp of Australian captain Michael Clarke.

The good run is likely to continue on day four. It will be another positive if he can play the protagonist ahead of Graeme Swann and James Anderson.