Will the sirens of the past, looking backward, pull the company into gladiator battles with old foes trying to hold share in narrowing, declining markets?
The tea break did for the partnership, though, Panesar tempting Bell into an ill-advised pull three balls into the evening session and Broad safely pouching the top edge at deep backward square to end the pair's 99-run stand.
Sachin Tendulkar waited 17 deliveries before he picked up his first boundary, a pull off Anderson in the 10th over, but two balls later he was snapped up by Collingwood at backward point.