Whether Fernando was incredibly intuitive or simply got it right by chance, he sent down the one delivery, on a good length, that the situation ought not to have warranted.
When Mitchell Johnson finally decided to "stand up" to England's batsmen last Sunday afternoon, as he later put it, Broad responded with a fruity tête-a-tête and then hammered the next ball, 93mph on a good length, past mid-on.
Hitting the seam on a good length, the ball homed in on the top of off-stump to set the tone for the second day.
His first ball is on a good length and pull-driven over long on for six by MS Dhoni.
He kept delivering on a good length and Misbah, so passive against the pacemen, kept sweeping.
Find your spot on a good length and keep hitting it.
Mortaza is bowling these on a good length and it's difficult to work out what his idea length would be.
His third ball is better, on a good length and straight, but whacked over the top of Panesar at deep mid-off for four.
The ball that bowled Bell pitched on a good length, a pristine area unsullied by the England bowlers, and nipped back to clip the top of off-stump.
6.07am GMT 63rd over Australia 147-6 (Haddin 33 Johnson 2) Bresnan is bowling at 73mph on a good length to Johnson.
