To the first ball he received after Broad had reverted to this old-fashioned mode of attack, which required the bowler to propel the ball on a length at the stumps, Boult swung again and the ball skied to Lyth at cover.
Ten minutes after Southampton were reduced to 10 men, Shane Long could have made life a lot easier for them when capitalising on James Collins's misjudgment of a long ball but skied his shot.
Alastair Cook's decision for him to change ends shortly before tea, was a shrewd one and brought instant dividends when Smith attempted to pull his second ball and skied to Buttler.
Jonny Bairstow, who also kept wicket, followed two balls later when he skied a slower ball to Nuwan Kulasekara at mid off before Alex Hales was out lbw, pinned in front by a yorker.
In the stands, I see a mix of ball caps, ski caps, and a lot more bare heads than I would have expected.
Although he was not physically overpowering, he competed as if something were gnawing at him, diving head first after balls and skiing off marked trails to plunge through murderous woods.
Broad had Finch caught at long-on by Hales, before Wright came on to bowl an eventful first six balls that went for six, four, four, no-ball (for height: White was caught by Briggs having skied the ball), a single and finally White lbw for 75 off 43 balls.
Buttler was the only bright spark in England's batting order, bludgeoning, hoisting and scooping his way to reach his half century from 28 balls before he skied a catch into the covers.
The Tykes nearly lost two wickets in the space of four balls when Phil Jaques skied a full delivery from Mascarenhas and Vince, sprinting in from long-on, dived forward but could not reach it.
Young skied a ball to center for the Rangers' second sacrifice fly in a row.
