Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Stuart Broad

Stuart Broad Biography

Stuart Christopher John Broad (born 24 June 1986) is a cricketer who plays Test and One Day International cricket for England and is currently the captain of their Twenty20 team. A left-handed batsman and right-arm seam bowler, Broad's professional career started at Leicester shire, the team attached to his school, Oak ham School; in 2008 he transferred to Nottingham shire, the county of his birth and the team for which his father played. In August 2006 he was voted the Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year.

He was a vital member of the victorious 2009 Ashes squad, and he won Man of the Match in the fifth Test at the Oval, after figures of 5/37 in the afternoon session of the second day. His bowling was also instrumental in helping England win the 2010 ICC World T20. On 30 July 2011, at the Nottingham Test match against India, he achieved a Test match hat trick in the process gaining his then best Test figures of 6–46.As a batsman, he holds the second-highest ever Test score made by a number 9 after his 169, his first century in first-class cricket, against Pakistan in August 2010. At the start of the Summer in 2012 Broad returning from injury produced figures of 7 for 72 in a match haul of 11 wickets against the West Indies. Stuart Broad has achieved the best ICC player rankings of his career at number 3. 

Stuart Broad

Stuart Broad

Stuart Broad

Stuart Broad

Stuart Broad

Stuart Broad

Stuart Broad

Stuart Broad

Stuart Broad

Stuart Broad

Stuart Broad

Stuart Broad

 


 

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