Tuesday 21 July 2015 07:05, UK
James Anderson set England the target of winning the next four days after Australia dominated the first in the second Investec Ashes Test at Lord's.
The tourists responded well to defeat in Cardiff, racking up 337-1 on day one as Chris Rogers and Steve Smith both reached stumps on unbeaten hundreds.
Anderson was one of six England bowlers to go wicketless on a pitch offering little early on for either seamers or spinners, but there was no sign of despondency as he spoke to Sky Sports at the close.
He said: "There are four days left in the game - if we win four days, we win the Test. You've got to keep looking at it positively.
"We've still got a reasonably new ball in our hands in the morning and - you never know - a bit of cloud cover might help with a bit of swing.
"We've just got to keep going, and if we can get a couple of wickets in the morning, you never know. We've got to bat on this pitch yet, so hopefully we can make hay on it."
Anderson did not hide behind the benign batting conditions, admitting England's bowlers had failed to match the discipline of their Cardiff performance and crediting Smith and Rogers.
"We didn't bowl as well, so there's a little bit of frustration," he said. "There were too many bad balls, and on a good pitch like that, your good balls are going to get hit for four as well. When you add them both together, you end up with the score we've got now.
"But hats off to the two guys who made hundreds. I thought they played brilliantly - they stayed patient, attacked us when they could and made it really difficult to bowl at them for long periods of time."
There was a tinge of regret that both centurions offered difficult chances that were not taken, Rogers slashing through the slips in the opening over of the day and Ian Bell failing to get under a tough slip opportunity when Smith had made 50.
"We had a couple of half chance," Anderson said. "Even in the first over of the game - I know it's gone quickly, but you take those half-chances and the day could be very different."
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