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1.42pm GMT
Here’s some snippets from Stuart Broad’s pre-action chat:
Every time you get the chance to play for England it’s a special feeling. we’d have liked yesterday to go maybe slightly better but I’ve got no clue what this pitch is going to do. I just hope it continues to play as it played yesterday.
Barbados would have been quite a nice pitch to bowl on as a tall bowler but this one doesn’t look too bad either. I was disappointed not to have a bowl in the morning, because it did look a bit of an ugly pitch. I’ve seen seam movement disappear when a pitch dries out but I’ve never seen uneven bounce disappear. The exciting thing is it’s going to be a result pitch: it’s either going to be 2-0 or 1-1. We’ve just got to make sure it’s 1-1.
1.37pm GMT
News from Antigua is that Ben Foakes has gone for x-rays and Jonny Bairstow will thus continue with the gloves this morning.
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