A Broad optimism
Stuart Broad insists England still have the advantage in the first Test as the West Indies have to bat last on a difficult surface in Jamaica.
Broad took 3-61, including the key wickets of centurion Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, as the hosts finished Day Three 34 ahead on 352-7.
"Our job is to knock the last three over, we're very capable of that, and then bat the whole day," said Broad.
"They have to bat last and I hope we can finish them off early."
The uncharacteristically slow Sabina Park pitch made run-scoring a laboured affair, with only 192 runs scored during the day.
With a surface conducive to spin, Broad, along with fellow seamer Andrew Flintoff, stuck at their task impressively.
The 22-year-old, who dismissed captain Gayle and Xavier Marshall in the same over before lunch, said he used his full repertoire of variations on a hot Kingston day.
"It's a very flat wicket, there's no point in bending your back too much because you're not going to get much out of it," Broad told BBC Sport.
"It's about using your skills with slower balls and trying to deceive the batsmen and get the ball moving with different angles of your wrist."
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