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Where does Stuart Broad rank amongst England's best-ever Test bowlers?

Ab Fan said:
Yeah but it's a pointless debate.

Had Murali played for Aus or Eng, he won't had a cricketing career.
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Yeah, he wouldn’t even have got an amateur club game, every ump in both those lands would call him every ball.
 
Usman said:
You say this as if Broad is an express pace bowler who bucked the trend of the types of bowlers England produces. He is not express pace but is fast medium swing bowler - exactly the type who benefit from English conditions. The implication, that Broad's success has nothing to do with the assistance given by the pitch and conditions, is not even remotely credible.

Broad is essentially someone who pitches the ball up on a full length and waits for conditions to swing and seam the ball. His style of bowling is perfectly suited to English conditions. In Australia or Asia, this type of bowling is a recipe for being hit to the boundary, repeatedly. I just don't think a Broad type bowler would offer much to an Australian or Asian team with the type of bowler he is. And even if he did somehow get into those teams, he never would have played 140 test matches - not only would Broad not have been good enough, but unlike England, the rest of world largely plays much less cricket.

My purpose is not to discredit Broad. He's done well and congratulations to him. But I think everyone has to be looked at in context. Before anyone starts putting Broad in the same category as McGrath, Courtney Walsh and Akram, they need to look at all the circumstances surrounding Broad's 500 wickets.
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I didn’t say anything of the kind, and I agree with your post.

Except that he doesn’t swing it, he cuts in about both ways.
 
England seam bowler Stuart Broad says he considered retirement after being dropped for last month's opening Test of the summer against West Indies.

Broad, 34, was left out at Southampton, where West Indies won by four wickets.

He returned for the final two Tests, both won by England, and took 16 wickets to pass 500 for his career.

"Do I think I'm in England's best XI?" Broad told the Mail on Sunday. "Absolutely. Do I think Jimmy Anderson is in England's best XI? Absolutely."

Broad made his Test debut in 2007 and for most of his career has been bracketed with new ball partner Anderson, 38, England's record Test wicket-taker, who has 589 wickets, having made his debut in 2003.

"There is no doubt that Jimmy and I have got better. No doubt," he said.

"The last 18 months, I have been averaging 20.5 per wicket in Test cricket. Take age out of that. If anyone were doing that at any age, you would want to keep them around for a bit and not look past it."

Only six other bowlers in history have taken more Test wickets than Broad, who has played 140 Test matches.

The 16 wickets he took in the final two Tests against West Indies at Old Trafford came at an average of 10.93.

He added: "I have not really told anyone this but I was so down that week of the first Test, I was really low. I was stuck in that hotel. I couldn't go anywhere. It wasn't like I could go back to [girlfriend] Mollie and have a barbeque and chill out and reassess.

"I didn't sleep for two days. I was nowhere. A different decision could definitely have been made with my emotions of how I was feeling.

"Were there thoughts of retirement going round my head? 100%. Because I was so down. I was expecting to play, which is always a bit of a dangerous thing in sport but I felt I deserved to play.

"When Stokesy [Ben Stokes] told me I wasn't playing, I felt my body go into shakes. I could barely speak."

Broad, who is now targeting 600 Test wickets, also revealed that Stokes, who was captaining in England in the first Test in the absence of Joe Root, then played a key role.

"Stokesy knocked on my door on the Thursday night and stayed in the corridor to talk to me. He said: 'This isn't about cricket, but how are you, mate?' That was very impressive for him to do."

https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/53614972
 
Former off-spinner Graeme Swann has slammed selectors for splitting England’s most successful new-ball pairing of Stuart Broad and James Anderson during the recently-concluded Test series against the West Indies, saying “you don’t discard blokes with 500 Test wickets lightly”.

England paid the price for dumping Broad in the first Test as it lost by four wickets at Southampton. With Jofra Archer missing the second Test due to a bio-secure breach, Broad returned to take six wickets as England bounced back with a 113-run win.

In the third Test, Broad was awarded the man of the match after he took 10 wickets to cross the 500-wicket mark and also scored a crucial 62 with the bat as England sealed the series with a 269-run win.

The experienced Anderson, on the other hand, was included in the first Test but rested in the second match before finally joining his long-time partner Broad in the third Test.

“How stupid did it look to break up England’s most successful bowling partnership of all-time when we lost that first Test match?” Swann, who has taken 255 wickets in 60 Tests, was quoted as saying by ‘Mirror.co.uk’.

“Jimmy and Broady have formed one of the most *successful bowling double acts Test cricket has known. Why would you want to chuck it out before its sell-by date? I can understand the attraction of 90mph pace, and both Jofra and Woody are huge assets.”

“But I’m sorry, you don’t discard blokes with 500 Test wickets lightly,” Swann said.

Broad and Anderson have captured 1,090 wickets between them, with 895 of those scalps coming in the 117 Tests they have played together.

“Jimmy and Broady go *together like Morecambe and Wise or Bonnie and Clyde,” Swann said.

Swann, a three-time Ashes winner, added that England should not mess with the two experienced bowlers and give them an equal opportunity to try and make it to the 2021 Ashes in Australia.

READ | Jonny Bairstow: A Test recall is my burning ambition

“You can’t put a price on a bowler who runs in with the same passion and ability to make things happen in the 80th or 90th over of the day as the first,” the 41-year-old said.

“But when people ask if they can carry on until the Ashes in 18 months, why would we look a gift horse in the mouth? When you have people with proven track records like Jimmy and Broady, you don’t mess about with them.

“You can’t say that we will definitely pick them to go to Australia in 2021, because they will be subject to the same standards of form and fitness as everyone else. But we’ve just seen what happens when you drop one of your all-time top bowlers *without really *knowing why you’re doing it.”

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cric...first-test-james-anderson/article32258548.ece
 
Why Stuart Broad required an inhaler during Southampton Test against Pakistan

On Thursday, the opening day of the second Test between England and Pakistan, Stuart Broad looked in some sort of discomfort. Bowling the fourth over, Broad called for an inhaler but would have to wait a little longer before receiving assistance. Later, Broad could be seen curling up, but remained on the field.

The fact that Broad suffers from asthma is not a secret. The England quick had revealed during the 2015 Ashes that because of a premature birth, Broad has half a lung less that his contemporaries and at times requires the inhaler to cure asthma. Yet, despite his struggle, Broad bowled an immaculate first spell, which read: 5-2-7-0. He even almost had Pakistan captain Azhar Ali, who was dropped in the slips.

It’s slightly incomprehensible knowing that a cricketer, let alone a fast bowler with over 500 Test wickets has survived for 14 years with one and a half lungs. Until the Ashes five years back, Broad had kept his asthma hidden, and it was during the pre-training camp that he revealed to his teammates of being a lung short than others.

“One night we were asked to provide a piece of information about ourselves that no one else knew, with the notion of being open with each other,” Broad had once written in the Daily Mail. “I shocked the boys a little when I told them I only had one and a half lungs because I was born three months premature.

“I explained that because I was so tiny when I was born, basically at death’s door, one of my lungs never fully developed. That’s why I’m asthmatic and carry an inhaler. It has never affected me as a sportsman, but the idea that I’ve played my entire career with half a lung less than everybody else is quite amazing when you think about it.”

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cric...st-pakistan/story-sZvXKsM7cnrIO9kOqeQpEK.html
 
Up to #2 in the Test Bowler Rankings now, overtaking Wagner and behind Cummins.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A silver stump was presented to <a href="https://twitter.com/StuartBroad8?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StuartBroad8</a> before play to mark his incredible achievement of 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Test wickets! 👏<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ENGvPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ENGvPAK</a> <a href="https://t.co/aBjFYCEZvv">pic.twitter.com/aBjFYCEZvv</a></p>— England Cricket (@englandcricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/englandcricket/status/1296746377423323140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
English paceman Stuart Broad has launched a stunning social media broadside at a journalist who said recent series victories against the West Indies and Pakistan were no cause for celebration.

Broad was one of England’s better performers in their recent series victory over Pakistan, despite being dropped for the opening match in the three-Test series.

The veteran bowler ultimately took 29 wickets at a 13.41 average, impressive figures by any measure.

But cricket columnist for The Guardian, Johnathan Liew, said leading performances from Broad and fellow experienced campaigner James Anderson weren’t exactly cause for optimism.

“Peer under the bonnet and you will find a team where half of the top six failed to pass 50, where 24 of their 41 wickets were taken by their two oldest bowlers,” Liew wrote.

“Was this England’s summer of discovery, then? Learning that, yes, Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad are very good in English conditions?

“If this series was an online course, you’d ask for your money back.”

A furious Broad shot back at the writer on Twitter, accusing him of publishing ‘click-bait’ and being ‘desperate for attention’.

“We have to remember a lot of these articles are clickbait,” Broad said.

“Desperation for attention, rather than writing good pieces. In England, we seem obsessed by the next chapter instead of enjoying the successful one.

“Won 3 out of 4 with 2 Washouts. I like winning, so I don’t class that as ‘Wasted.’ 2 Series Victories.

“Bowlers Historic Milestones, Crawley 267, Buttler MoS, Buttler/Woakes incredible match winning partnership, Stokes all round ability, Sibley monster knock & many more positives.”

Broad won plenty of support from his colleagues for his response to Liew’s article, including a Tweet from fast bowling teammate Anderson, but the Guardian scribe was prepared to back his work.

Liew replied that he had been impressed with Broad’s performances across the two series, but insisted the point of his piece was more a criticism of the English team’s reluctance to blood younger players in optimal conditions.

He also suggested Broad’s ‘hissy fit’ earlier in the year after not being selected in July had discouraged English selectors from playing new bowlers.

“I’d like to have seen Mark Wood get more of a chance, and Jofra with the new ball. Which they might have done had you not thrown your hissy fit,” Liew replied.

“Fine to disagree! But that doesn’t make it clickbait. And — genuinely — well bowled this summer.”

https://au.sports.yahoo.com/despera...ads-stinging-rebuke-for-journo-044819241.html
 
One of England's finest test bowler.

Statistically, second greatest England test bowler of all-time even after being betrayed from the new bowl for more than a decade.
 
Good to see him doing well, as the attack leader at last.
 
This is the problem with rotation. He was thrown in and he hasn't played much first class cricket in recent months other than Sri Lanka series. You drop him for the first test and he has to regain his rhythm.
 
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/may/17/stuart-broad-feels-former-england-selector-ed-smith-didnt-rate-me-cricket

Stuart Broad has described his relationship with Ed Smith as a case of working under somebody who did not rate him and said he would accept missing a Test match this summer provided the reasons are communicated properly.

England will name their squad for the upcoming Test series against New Zealand on Tuesday, the first since Smith’s three-year spell as national selector was terminated last month and his powers handed over to the head coach, Chris Silverwood.

While Jofra Archer’s name will be missing due to persistent elbow problems, Broad will clearly feature among the seamers. But how he and Jimmy Anderson are deployed during the two Tests at Lord’s and Edgbaston from 2 June – and then the visit of India for five later this summer – will again be a talking point.

Last summer Broad missed the first Test against West Indies at the Rose Bowl and he made his disappointment clear about this in Sky’s diary room. It was the catalyst for a golden run of form but if Silverwood and the captain, Joe Root, are pondering a repeat, they may need to show the 34-year-old their workings.

“I was disgruntled because the selectors had said the first Test team of the summer will be our best team,” said Broad, speaking at a school coaching event for Chance To Shine run by sponsors Lifebuoy. “To be told I suddenly wasn’t in the best team with my record in England, that’s what upset me.

“Is it realistic that I’m going to play every Test? No. But if the communication is done well, you understand why you might miss certain games to be fit for others. When the communication disappears, that’s when players can’t see reasons.”

It was something of an open secret that he did not see eye-to-eye with Smith in this regard, a tension which dated back to being dropped from the first Test in Barbados in early 2019 when the former national selector was on tour.

Asked to appraise Smith’s time, Broad replied: “I think you can say it was a success in the sense that the team won games and a World Cup. And he brought some fine players through. But personally, from my point of view, we struggled a bit on the communication side and probably saw the game of cricket slightly differently.

“A lot of people have bosses who don’t rate them as much as other people and I think he was mine. He probably didn’t rate me as much as other players. That’s fine but I kept trying to prove some selection decisions wrong.

“I really disagreed with getting left out in Barbados where it’s one of the best places to bowl as a tall fast bowler and there are a few occasions where I have felt a bit disgruntled and didn’t have the clarity of communication that I would like.

“I am very open to being told things. Have a discussion face to face and then have a beer and move on, that’s how I like to do things. Maybe Ed and I didn’t have that sort of relationship.”

Like Anderson, who turns 39 in July, Broad has no thoughts about retirement at present. There may be 517 Test wickets to his name already but he is still looking to play all seven Tests this summer, while next winter’s Ashes tour in Australia is being viewed as anything but a swansong.

Broad said: “Ashes away series can be seen as the end of an era, can’t they? But I see it being in the middle of our journey as a team, I see it as the middle of my journey and am in no way looking at it thinking I could walk off at Sydney. I want to keep going and Jimmy is a big inspiration to me.

“[Nottinghamshire head coach] Peter Moores calls it the sexy stage of your career – you know what you’re doing, you don’t have too many bad days because if you bowl a bad ball, you know why.

“I look at Jimmy at 38, coming up to 39, and three years ago I’d have thought no chance I’d get anywhere near that. Now I can sit here and think why not?”

Another motivation here is passing on his 146 caps of experience to younger players such as Ollie Robinson, who, along with Mark Wood and Olly Stone, is expected to make Silverwood’s first squad and then a possible debut.

Broad rates the Sussex right-armer Robinson highly for “consistently making batsmen make decisions all the time” and fancies he would be ready to take the new ball if himself or Anderson were rotated. Not that he wants to miss the roar of a home crowd for the first time since 2019, with Lord’s set to be at 25% capacity.

Broad added: “My mum was virtually in tears [when I told her she had a ticket]. You forget how much it means to family members to support and watch the cricket. Hopefully, touch wood, I’ve played in my last empty stadium.”
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No love lost between Smith and Broad. Smith made too many enemies within the England setup to plausibly have continued in the Chief Selector role.
 
Pretty fair comments from Broad - the issue wasn't getting dropped but the lack of communication and logic behind the decisions.

There was no sense playing 80mph Sam Curran on a Barbados pitch where you need tall fast bowlers hitting the deck hard.

Meanwhile for the first Test of the English summer, no way can you leave out Stuart Broad.

And it cost England both games.
 
Right up there with the best of them. Also relatively injury free too.
 
Varun said:
Wicketless without a Duke ball in hand.
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It’s not that simple - he had a big series in Australia when getting little help from the other end, and has done well in SA.

His success coincides with periods of better fitness where he is a few mph quicker and gets more lift.

Basically a sort of lesser McGrath, aiming at the top of off stump and cutting it about.
 
Joe Root has confirmed that Stuart Broad will be England’s vice captain for this Test series.
 
Good for Broad. He is a vital cog of England lineup. A bit disappointing in subcontinent this time around but can make up for that if he delivers a top performance in Ashes.
 
Moeen would definitely be a candidate for vice-captain normally, but he is rested for these two games due to the IPL.
 
Stuart Broad has surpassed CA Walsh to claim 6th position in all-time leading wicket-takers in Test cricket. Now Broad is just 42 wickets away from Macgrath who is at 5th position.
 
Ashes will be key for him, after his failure in India. His performance in Asia hasn't been all that good over his career.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Stuart Broad now on 522 Test wickets:<br><br>6th highest on the list of leading wicket-takers in Test cricket.<br><br>3rd highest in the list of pace-bowlers with the most Test wickets, with just James Anderson & Glenn McGrath ahead of him.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EngvNZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EngvNZ</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1403716813419122690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Steve Smith has been as surprised as Stuart Broad is dismayed at the latter’s omission on two lively surfaces the England fast bowler believes have been perfectly suited to his bowling.

The reunion of the star pace duo that has conjured dread for a generation of Australian batters is on the cards should England recall Broad to partner fellow veteran Jimmy Anderson for only the second time in this Vodafone Ashes series.

That his selection may come for an SCG Test that will have no bearing on the series result and after he was left out for England defeats at the Gabba and the MCG where seam bowlers thrived has been the source of considerable frustration for Broad.

“As a wobble-seam bowler, I feel as though I missed out on two of the best wobble-seam pitches in Australia,” Broad wrote in the Daily Mail on Sunday. “Only playing once has made this a very disappointing trip, one that has not met my personal expectations.

“The biggest frustration is losing the Ashes, being 3-0 down and feeling like I've not really done anything. Not being able, as an experienced player, to influence a series while it's live is tough.

“I would argue that I won't get a better chance to take wickets than at Brisbane and Melbourne.”

If seam bowling was taught at tertiary institutions, Broad would write the textbook.

The 35-year-old even counts Australian fast bowlers among his disciples, with both Peter Siddle and James Pattinson having prospered from one-on-one tutorials with him at his county side Nottinghamshire.

“Having that time with Broady and chatting to him first-hand, rather than just watching him bowl it, how he holds it, how it feels, how to release it (was beneficial),” Siddle told ESPN in 2019.

Yet the likes of Chris Woakes, Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood and then Anderson (who also missed out in Brisbane) were preferred over Broad for the first and third Tests.

In between he played his 150th career Test in Adelaide, which offered the least bowler-friendly pitch so far this series, taking a wicket in each innings.

“We have been a bit surprised,” Smith said today when asked about Broad’s omissions. “Two wickets that would have suited him pretty well.

“He bowled well in Adelaide. He’s always been a good contest for me. He’s got me out quite few times, I’ve scored some runs off him so it’s been a decent battle.

“They’ve got quality bowlers. Him and Jimmy together are two world class performers, they have been for a long time.

“Maybe we’ll see them out here together this week, I’m not sure.”

It comes after David Warner, with a hint of cheek, admitted after Australia secured the Ashes in Melbourne that “from our perspective, I think it’s great he (Broad) is not playing.”

His relief at not having to face Broad for much of the series was based on the left-hander’s struggles against him in the UK in 2019 having been dismissed by him a remarkable seven times in five Tests.

There was consensus before this summer’s rematch from both those players that Broad would not find anywhere near the same amount of seam movement as he did on his home decks.

Yet England captain Joe Root’s admission today however that pitches for this ongoing Ashes campaign have been markedly different, and more seam-friendly, than anything he had seen on previous tours in 2013-14 and 2017-18 only adds to the mystery of Broad’s lack of action.

Adding to that is an enviable (by comparison at least to other England bowlers tried) record during those two preceding tours down under; Broad’s 32 wickets is not only one more than Anderson managed but also came at better average (34.46) than any other England bowler bar Ben Stokes, whose 15 scalps at 32.80 came as he leaked runs at 4.21 per over.

Whether that counts in Broad’s favour for Sydney is still unclear, with Root not certain as to whether the track will be as helpful for bowlers as previous Tests.

“You never know until you play on it,” he told reporters. “(We) have to adapt to what is in front of you.”

As for Broad’s future beyond this Ashes tour – England’s next Test series is a three-match tour against the West Indies, before hosting New Zealand and South Africa – he insists his dissatisfaction in Australia will not influence him.

“Has it affected my hunger to play Test cricket? No,” wrote Broad.

“There is a long time between now and the tour of the Caribbean in March and I have never been one to make emotional decisions. So I'm not going to make any spur of the moment calls on my future.”

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/stu...es-scg-fourth-test-sydney-joe-root/2022-01-03
 
Broad is a good cricketer. He in not an ATG but certainly a great bowler. Since the WW2, very few English pace bowlers are better than him.
I will rate him
1. below Anderson, Trueman, Botham and Bedser
2. on par with Willis, Statham, Tyson and
3. above Gough, Lever, Snow, Caddick, Flintoff, Hoggard, Harmison, Caddick and Fraser.
 
England are a mediocre team with only three ATG pacers in their history - Trueman and Barnes. Anderson is third.
 
Majestic said:
England are a mediocre team with only three ATG pacers in their history - Trueman and Barnes. Anderson is third.
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Barnes, Larwood, Bedser, Trueman, Statham, Tyson, Snow and Willis were the top-line quicks.

Second rank is Lever, Old, Hendrick, Botham, Dilley, Fraser, Gough, Caddick, Hoggard, Harmison, Anderson and Broad.
 
Robert said:
Barnes, Larwood, Bedser, Trueman, Statham, Tyson, Snow and Willis were the top-line quicks.

Second rank is Lever, Old, Hendrick, Botham, Dilley, Fraser, Gough, Caddick, Hoggard, Harmison, Anderson and Broad.
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Anderson and Broad got to be in the upper tier surely? Or at least Anderson?
 
James said:
Anderson and Broad got to be in the upper tier surely? Or at least Anderson?
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Wouldn’t say they are better than Botham.

Willis is the best England quick of my time, with big returns in WI (verses Sobers’ boys), Australia and India. He was an all-conditions fast bowler who didn’t need much help from the wickets.
 
I'd have have both Anderson and Broad in the top brackets of England's quicks of all time for sure.

Broad in his prime had the big spells that only the very best could produce.
 
Manunited18 said:
I'd have have both Anderson and Broad in the top brackets of England's quicks of all time for sure.

Broad in his prime had the big spells that only the very best could produce.
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They have got better in the long run due to longevity. They have toured everywhere four times instead of once or twice. Good nutrition and sports science, plus central ECB contracts, have extended their careers.

I would go as far as to say that had Trueman been born in the modern era and played 168 tests like Anderson, he would have taken 850 test wickets.
 
5fer for Stuart Broad in the 4th Ashes Test

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3-51 off 18 overs for Broad at Hobart in the second innings, he’s still got it.
 
2nd best after Anderson and more exciting. From my pov among the bowlers I've been able to watch live. Flintoff, Gough and Harmison were great in patches, but this guy has had a longer career and more performances.
 
Reports suggesting that Anderson and Broad will be left out of the England squad for the Test tour of the West Indies.
 
Stuart Broad has distanced himself from potentially taking over from Joe Root as England Test captain and instead appeared to back Ben Stokes for the job.

The fast bowler was, along with James Anderson, controversially left out of the squad for the recent tour to the West Indies which ended in a 1-0 series defeat and proved to be the last of Root's five years as skipper.

Broad, who has captained England in both T20 and one-day international cricket, is one of the names mooted as a potential successor to Root following his resignation on Friday. However, writing in his Mail On Sunday column, the 35-year-old insisted his sole focus was getting back into the England team and instead mentioned Stokes.

"Naturally, I am aware that my name has been touted as a potential successor to Joe as England captain and I guess that is because I am an experienced centrally contracted player who has been around the international game a long time," Broad wrote.

"However, it is not something I have given any thought to because firstly I am not currently in possession of a shirt within the England Test team and my focus is very much on changing that by taking wickets for Nottinghamshire over the next few weeks.

"In fact, I would argue we are in a fairly unique position as far as selection for the Test team goes right now in that there are only two players whose names you could write in pen on the scorecard.

"One of them is Joe Root, the other is Ben Stokes - and one of them isn't going to be captain for the first Test of the summer against New Zealand at Lord's on June 2 because he has just given the job away."

Broad, who is yet to feature for Nottinghamshire in this year's County Championship, has played 152 Test matches for England since making his debut in 2007, taking 537 wickets at an average of 27.80.

His former England team-mate Nick Compton was among those to back him to succeed Root, at least on a short-term basis if all-rounder Stokes does not want to take on the captaincy after only making his international return in last winter's Ashes series.

"Any talk of players who haven't earned their stripes in the team, I don't think is helpful," Compton told Sky Sports. "The guy that I put forward is Stuart Broad, I think he's the right man in this difficult phase.

"He has the experience and that winning mentality. He's perhaps in the twilight of his career; he's seen a lot and he's been through a lot and in the last year or so. We've seen a guy who has upped his own game, along with Jimmy Anderson.

Former England cricketer, Nick Compton, has backed Stuart Broad to take over as captain following Joe Root's resignation

"He's the type of guy who could come together with the new coach and put down a marker for how this England team needs to move forwards. He potentially won't be there for a long period of time, but I think he's the right man.

"The one thing you can say about Stuart Broad, is when you need him, he stepped up. There's no doubt about that."

Former England captain Nasser Hussain backed Broad to lead England, who host New Zealand, India and South Africa in Test matches this summer, on a short-term basis as well.

However, he believes the 30-year-old Stokes should be the man viewed as Root's long-term successor.

Nasser Hussain has hailed Ben Stokes as the best option for the new role as captain, following Joe Root's resignation

"If Stokes is not in the right place, then short-term Stuart Broad has an excellent cricket brain, is a real fighter, a real competitor, and he's got a point to prove after what's happened in the last few months and we know what Broad is like when he's got a point to prove," Hussain told Sky Sports.

"Pat Cummins has led Australia as a bowler brilliantly, so in the short term, I can see Broad doing a similar thing.

"There are not that many candidates, the other option is to go outside the side and go down the Graeme Smith route that South Africa did, go outside the side and look in county cricket, but for me Stokes and Broad stand out."

SKY
 
Broad is damn lucky he was given favourable treatment for about 6-7 years where he was bang average. Eventually after so much experience he became a decent bowler. But I guarantee you, if you give any fast bowlers with a decent base the amount of favourable treatment broad got, then they would actually do better.

Personally from what I’ve seen. Chris Tremlett was the real deal. Real shame about his injuries
 
3 wickets for Broad in the current match thus far against Worcs, back in his Nottinghamshire whites.
 
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Where would England be without him by JA's side?
 
My revised list 2022


1. Trueman
2. Barnes
3. Willis
4. Statham
5. Snow
6. Anderson
7. Broad
8. Botham
9. Gough
10. Caddick
 
Broad is a very lucky man he wasn’t thrown in the trash heap in the early 2010s. He is nowhere near the bowler anderson is and it is quite insulting to anderson to bracket these two together.

I guarantee if you gave any other half decent bowler the guaranteed place status broad got that they would have a much better record
 
Robert said:
My revised list 2022


1. Trueman
2. Barnes
3. Willis
4. Statham
5. Snow
6. Anderson
7. Broad
8. Botham
9. Gough
10. Caddick
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Contrary to the opinion I had a year ago, I think Botham and Gough should be rated higher than Broad.
 
Gough and Botham were miles better.

Caddick was a strange one. His ceiling was very high but he had a lot of off matches, off series. He sometimes seemed disinterested and unmotivated. Probably because at heart he was a kiwi through and through - this was no secret.
 
Broad perhaps is not the bowler that he once was. (Whereas Anderson seems to be ripening like a fine cellar wine and is still just as good as he ever has been, if not better.)
 
Broad 3/59 - once again showing his importance to this England attack
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">OH MY BROAD! &#55357;&#56881;<br><br>Scorecard/Clips: <a href="https://t.co/w7vTpJwrLP">https://t.co/w7vTpJwrLP</a><br><br>&#55356;&#57332;&#56128;&#56423;&#56128;&#56418;&#56128;&#56421;&#56128;&#56430;&#56128;&#56423;&#56128;&#56447; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ENGvNZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ENGvNZ</a> &#55356;&#56819;&#55356;&#56831; <a href="https://t.co/tTSvvVAvyp">pic.twitter.com/tTSvvVAvyp</a></p>— England Cricket (@englandcricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/englandcricket/status/1533040552568008710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Knees pumping &#55356;&#57283;*♂️<br>Crowd roaring &#55357;&#56586;<br>One of 'those' overs &#55357;&#56845;<a href="https://twitter.com/StuartBroad8?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StuartBroad8</a> | &#55356;&#57332;&#56128;&#56423;&#56128;&#56418;&#56128;&#56421;&#56128;&#56430;&#56128;&#56423;&#56128;&#56447; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ENGvNZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ENGvNZ</a> &#55356;&#56819;&#55356;&#56831; <a href="https://t.co/qGxiEfmWGz">pic.twitter.com/qGxiEfmWGz</a></p>— England Cricket (@englandcricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/englandcricket/status/1533047260832927744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Broad in his twilight period but that was more than a bit special from him this morning.
 
Ab Fan said:
Contrary to the opinion I had a year ago, I think Botham and Gough should be rated higher than Broad.
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Well there were two Bothams - the brilliant 1977-82 model who demolished sides, and the slower one who bought wickets.

Broad just keeps taking wickets so I pushed him up my list.
 
TheSultan said:
Broad is a very lucky man he wasn’t thrown in the trash heap in the early 2010s. He is nowhere near the bowler anderson is and it is quite insulting to anderson to bracket these two together.
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You could say that about Anderson who first played in 2003 but didn't become a regular until 2008. Harmison, Hoggard, Flintoff and Jones kept him out.

One averages 26, the other 28 so there isn't a massive difference. Broad has done better than Anderson in some countries.
 
<b>Stuart Broad: England cricketer's pub severely damaged by fire — no people hurt</b>

A pub part-owned by England and Nottinghamshire cricketer Stuart Broad has been badly damaged by a fire.

Firefighters were called to the Tap and Run in the village of Upper Broughton, on the border of Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire, at about 03:20 BST.

The roof and first floor of the pub - which is also owned by former cricketer Harry Gurney - have been destroyed.

The owners said they were "devastated" and the fire service said the cause was believed to have been accidental.

No-one was injured and the fire service said the road outside had reopened just after 13:00.

In a statement, Broad and Gurney said:

"We are devastated to announce that due to a significant fire in the early hours of June 11th The Tap & Run will not be trading for the foreseeable future.

"We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the outpouring of support.

"And finally... we will be back! Watch this space."

The blaze came as Broad was preparing to face New Zealand on day two of the second Test at Trent Bridge.

His England team-mate James Anderson told Test Match Special: "He's obviously devastated but he's here and will be out there.

"He's just happy that no-one's hurt. It's obviously gutting because it's such a huge part of his and Harry's lives."

Eight fire crews from Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire were at the scene at the height of the blaze.

The fire service said an aerial ladder platform, water carrier and command support vehicle were also deployed.

People living nearby were advised to keep their doors and windows closed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-61765464.amp
 
<b>Stuart Broad and Mollie King announce pregnancy</b>

England cricketer Stuart Broad and broadcaster Mollie King have announced they are expecting their first child.

King, who presents on BBC Radio 1 and is a member of pop group The Saturdays, posted the news on her Instagram account.

The post included an image of Broad, who plays for Nottinghamshire, kissing her baby bump.

The pair, both 35, announced their engagement in January 2021, having dated since 2012.

King said in her post that she and Broad were "absolutely over the moon".

Broad shared the same image from his own Instagram account, writing:

“Mollie & I are thrilled to be expecting a baby at the end of the year! Exciting times ahead!"

They were congratulated by celebrity friends including King's bandmates and her co-presenter Matt Edmondson.

The announcement comes almost two weeks after a pub co-owned by Broad was badly damaged in a fire.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-61907034
 
Surely the worst bowler to get over 450 wickets? Dude's been dud for like 70% of his career. Feast over 3 days then famine for 7 days.
 
Good bowler but capable of bowling historically awful overs lol
 
Picks up #550, then gets hit for the most expensive over in the history of Tests by a tailender...
 
Broad is good bowler, no doubt.
Bumrah is lucky, dropped twice by Crawly and few boundaries taken by edges.
Just one bad over.
 
Firebat said:
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By some considerable distance, Broad is the worst bowler on that list. He is a beneficiary of the fact that England play more test cricket than anyone else, and the fact that selectors realised long ago that he isn’t good enough for white ball cricket - for reasons Bumrah has so clearly shown today. This has meant he has been able to focus on test cricket injury free.

I’m sorry but Broad playing anywhere other than in England, where he has relied on the conditions doing his work, would have probably never even made the national team. Just about anyone who plays for England, whether it’s Potts or Overton or anyone else, looks better than Broad.
 
Usman said:
By some considerable distance, Broad is the worst bowler on that list. He is a beneficiary of the fact that England play more test cricket than anyone else, and the fact that selectors realised long ago that he isn’t good enough for white ball cricket - for reasons Bumrah has so clearly shown today. This has meant he has been able to focus on test cricket injury free.

I’m sorry but Broad playing anywhere other than in England, where he has relied on the conditions doing his work, would have probably never even made the national team. Just about anyone who plays for England, whether it’s Potts or Overton or anyone else, looks better than Broad.
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Broad played over 2x the number of tests he deserved to play.
 
Joseph Gomes said:
Broad played over 2x the number of tests he deserved to play.
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Combination I think of—

Nostalgia about his rare magic spells
Good fitness record, others bowlers got injured
Nobody else being good enough
Last name being Broad

Whereas there can be no doubt that everything Anderson has achieved in his career has been hard earned.
 
On his day a top quality test quick, no matter what his limitations, to get 550 test wickets is a hugh achievement!
 
Mixed day.

550th Test wicket and then smashed for a world record 35 runs in an over.
 
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