Stuart Broad

Former England pacer Stuart Board has backed talismanic all-rounder Ben Stokes' decision to opt out of this year's T20 World Cup due to fitness reasons but expressed concerns about fast bowler Jofra Archer's never-ending injury woes. Supporting Stokes' pullout from the upcoming T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and the USA, Board said the defending champions will miss his aura but have enough resources to replace him as a player. "Whatever Ben decides to do for the well-being of himself is the right decision. Ben Stokes has made some incredible decisions in his career that have paid off for him," Broad, a member of the Star Sports Incredible Star Cast, told PTI in an exclusive interaction at their studio here. "He wants to get back to (being) the all-rounder that he was and he feels like getting some workload through the knee in a controlled environment, without the help of a scale to pressurise the nature of a T20 World Cup, is the best choice," he said. While Archer has found it ...

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Stuart Broad took the last two wickets to help England roll over Australia for 334 to win the fifth match by 49 runs to finish his international career on a high

India head coach Rahul Dravid has described the retiring England fast bowler Stuart Broad as a "special cricketer", whose great partnership with James Anderson will be remembered for ages. The 37-year-old Broad on Saturday announced that he will retire from international cricket after the conclusion of the ongoing final Ashes Test against Australia at The Kia Oval in London. "He (Broad) has been a terrific bowler, he has been a great. His partnership with Jimmy Anderson will always be remembered," Dravid said after India lost to West Indies by six wickets in the second ODI here. "Anderson and Broad the whole decade they played for England, they have really put in some fantastic performances," said the batting legend and former India captain. "To take 600 wickets and to play the number of Test matches he has takes a special kind of cricketer," he added. Broad has been a key member of the England Test side since making his debut against Sri Lanka in December 2007. He will retire wit

James Anderson and Stuart Broad have played together for 138 Tests. Anderson wants to give a great sned-off to his mate in his last Test

An emotional England could not break the opening stand of the Aussies which reached 135 in 40 overs on Day 4. They now need 249 in 98 overs on Day 5 to win the match with weather permitting

Stuart Broad wanted to retire while he was at the top of his game. Statistically, he has done that. In the last two years, he has played 17 matches and taken 76 wickets at an average of around 25

Stuart Broad, who had announced his retirement at the end of day three of the fifth Ashes Test, received a guard of honour when he came out to bat on Day 4

37-year-old Broad will hang up his boots from all forms of cricket after the completion of the 5th Ashes Test, i.e. on July 30 or July 31

Stuart Broad claimed his 600th test wicket for England, under-fire wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow took three catches and Australia batters kept the runs ticking along to reach 299-8 at stumps on the first day of the fourth Ashes test on Wednesday in what already looks like another close contest. Broad joined test cricket's exclusive club as he and Chris Woakes kept England's hopes of a rousing Ashes comeback alive at Old Trafford. Three years after taking his 500th wicket at the same ground, Broad completed another century to join a hall of fame that includes only four other names: Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne, Broad's teammate James Anderson and Anil Kumble. Among fast bowlers, Anderson and Broad stand alone in the pantheon. The 37-year-old Broad dismissed the series' top run-scorer Usman Khawaja (3) early on and returned after tea to bounce out Travis Head (48) as his landmark victim, overtaking Ian Botham's record for an England bowler of 148 Australian wickets in the ...

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England pace veteran Stuart Broad on Sunday went past Australian great Glenn McGrath to become the second-most successful pacer in history of Test cricket.He accomplished this landmark during his side's third and final Test against South Africa in The Oval.In South Africa's second innings on day four of the match, Broad trapped South African skipper Dean Elgar lbw for 36 in the 22nd over, getting his 564th wicket in Tests. Then he also went on to dismiss Ryan Rickelton for eight.After this wicket, Broad is second-most successful pace bowler in Tests with 565 wickets next to his bowling partner and compatriot, James Anderson, who has 666 wickets in the longer format.With this, Broad has also become the fifth-most successful bowler in Test history. Now Broad has 565 wickets in 159 Tests at an average of 27.81 and economy rate of 2.94. His best bowling figures in an innings are 8/15.Above the bowler are Sri Lankan great Muttiah Muralitharan (800), late Aussie spin great Shane Warne ...

England must produce a brand of cricket to excite supporters, fast bowler Stuart Broad said, with the team's first test match under new leadership failing to sell out any of its opening four days

Veteran fast bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad were recalled to the England Test squad on Wednesday under new captain Ben Stokes. Anderson and Broad were dropped for the tour of the West Indies earlier this year, which followed a stinging 4-0 Ashes loss in Australia. But the 39-year-old Anderson and 35-year-old Broad will return for the three-test series against New Zealand next month as England begins a new era of leadership under Stokes and new coach Brendon McCullum, who is a former New Zealand international. The first squad under Stokes and McCullum contains two new faces in Yorkshire batter Harry Brook and Durham seam bowler Matthew Potts, who were called up for the first time. Joe Root was selected after giving up the Test captaincy after the series loss in the West Indies. English cricket has endured a turbulent few months with Root, coach Chris Silverwood, the director of cricket and, most recently, the CEO, all stepping down, while the team sits at the bottom of the

James Anderson, Mark Wood, and Stuart Broad all got among the wickets as England struck constantly against Australia on Day 1 of the ongoing fourth Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground