After taking a 1-0 Investec Ashes series lead with a 169-run win over Australia in Cardiff, Stuart Broad is hoping his side can maintain the upper hand when the teams line up for the second Test at Lord’s on Thursday.

The England seamer starred in the four-day win, taking five wickets including those of Michael Clarke and Shane Watson, the batsmen first and third on Broad’s most prolific victims in Test cricket.

With question marks already raised over the make up of Australia’s side for Thursday, Broad is solely focused on picking up from where they left off at Cardiff and not letting the series slip like they did against West Indies and New Zealand.

"We've got a huge amount of motivation to put those results right," Broad said. "We're also well aware we had a bit of the rub of the green in the last Test - we won the toss, Rooty got dropped and a few decisions went our way.

“That happens in cricket and it might not be the same this week so we're going to have to work hard to get a win, but there have been a lot results here, so I'd expect it to be 1-1 or 2-0 after this week.

"You always lift yourself when the opposition captain comes in. The best time to bowl to a new batter is the first 20 balls and Cooky throws me the ball when he comes in. I don't think there's anything particular between him and me, I think it's just I managed to get him. I don't feel I have anything over him.

"As a group we bowl well at Watson - even though his average is higher against us. We are quite clear we wanted to starve him of runs. A lot of teams go straight from the start but we don't, we go fourth, fifth stump and then fire in a quick one straight at the stumps. I don't feel bad saying that because he's probably aware. I'm sure he'll play at Lord's, I don't have any doubts."

Broad’s 5-99 in the game was part of a fine all-round performance from the English attack, something that Australia couldn’t match on a challenging Cardiff pitch.

With Lord’s likely to offer different challenges for both sides, with the Nottinghamshire man stating that adaptability will be key throughout the series.

"You have to adapt, a lot of our plans went out of the window when we saw the pace of the wicket because there's no point constantly trying to get someone's edge when it isn't going to carry," Broad said.

"We had to think on our feet. I didn't want to waste a bouncer. We brought the stumps into play, it was like the sub-continent.

"The Aussies gave us width. We had the advantage of watching them bowl on it first so we could adjust our plans. It was a no-width policy. It started when Jimmy bowled five maidens out of six, that gave us a real belief that there was nowhere for the batsmen to go.

"I've been working between series on bowling the fuller length but snapping into it. As a tall bowler you can sometimes get a bit floaty.

“Once that rhythm clicked I got movement on the ball and caused trouble. Hopefully I can apply that pressure at Lord's because there is a lot of scope for bowling full here."

 

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