Ashes 2013: England v Australia, second Test day three lunch report No hyped-up drives by Root on the resumption at 31-3. Instead, that missing quality in both countries' batting - patience. Bresnan was patient too, taking 30 balls to get off the mark, before unfurling better attacking strokes than any mere nightwatchman. If Root was troubled, it was by the fuller length ball from Australia's pace bowlers that he instinctively wanted to play back to. But James Pattinson, Peter Siddle and Ryan Harris swung those full-length balls away from Root and harmlessly past his outside edge: it will be the inswinger that troubles him more. And slowly Root's drives warmed the morning: through cover off the front foot, then a couple of straight-driven fours, then - the pick - through cover off the back foot, with a final flick of his wrists. Australia gradually deflated. Michael Clarke tried pace at both ends, then spin at both ends, but the pitch - if drier than normal - is a belter, even if few batsmen other than Ian Bell and Root have appreciated the fact. By lunch England, still with seven wickets left to rub Australia's nose in the dirt, were 347 ahead. As for Root, his 63 is the highest score by an opener on either side in this hitherto manic series.