Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson of England celebrate another Aussie dismissal. Source: Gareth Copley / Getty Images
ENGLAND spearhead Jimmy Anderson said patient and disciplined bowling had been the key to reducing Australia to 9/164 on the second day of the MCG Test.
"We would have like a few more runs this morning - we talked about getting up to 300 being a challenging score - but then having spoken to our batters last night we knew that we could make it difficult (for Australia) to score because it's quite a slow pitch,'' Anderson said.
"If we set the right fields and bowled in the right areas we could get some rewards and we did that.
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"There wasn't much there (for the bowlers). There was some reverse at some point in the day but there wasn't really much seam movement or anything, and we had to work really hard, stay patient and work with the guy at the other end.
"We were all trying to bowl maidens, bowl dot balls, and as boring as it sounds that was the way to go on that pitch and it worked well for us.''
Anderson returned tour-best figures of 3/50 off 16 overs, including the key wickets of Michael Clarke and David Warner, but said he struggled throughout the day.
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"I felt terrible today, I didn't have any rhythm … I felt really frustrated at times but I thought the other guys bowled brilliantly, Broady especially.''
He said opening partner Stuart Broad had done "a great job'' considering his right foot was still saw from where he was struck by a Mitchell Johnson Yorker in Perth. ''It does look uncomfortable, but he's coping very well with it, being a brave little soldier and taking painkillers,'' Anderson said.
Anderson said there had not been as much swing in Australia as the Englishmen expected and that there had "not been as much seam movement as there was last time here''.
James Anderson of England appeals for the wicket of George Bailey. Source: Getty Images
In the lead-up to this Test he had worked hard with bowling coach David Saker to make sure he was pitching on the right length and holding the ball with the correct seam position at the point of release.
The dismissal of Clarke, who left a delivery that came back and clipped off stump, was simply a matter of putting the ball in a decent area and letting the ball either hit the seam or swing Irish.
Anderson also said the inclusion of all-rounder Ben Stokes in the team had taken the pressure off the English strike bowlers and allowed them to bowl in shorter shaper bursts. ''It keeps us a lot fresher and having someone like that in the team is great for the balance,'' he said.
He said the tourists were determined to register a win here and in the fifth Test in Sydney. "We're just really hungry to get something out of this tour and I think we showed that today.''
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