Brian Christopher Broad, usually known as Chris Broad (born 29 September 1957, in Knowle, Bristol)^[1] is a former English cricketer and broadcaster who currently serves as a cricket official. As an opening batsman, he played 26 Test matches for England and scored six centuries, together with 34 One Day International matches with a respectable over 40 average. He is known largely for his feats during the 1986/87 Ashes series where he hit three centuries in consecutive Tests, and for his fiery demeanour at the crease.

Broad's children are both involved in cricket. His son Stuart is an all-rounder who, like his father, represents both England and Nottinghamshire, while his daughter Gemma is a performance analyst with England's One-Day squad.^[2] Cricket correspondent Colin Bateman noted, "Chris Broad pressed the self-destruct button on a career that promised so much. His lack of self-control at the crease brought a sad end to his reign as England opener at the age of 30, when he should have been enjoying his prime years."^[1]

Early life and domestic career[link]

Born in Knowle, Bristol to parents Ken and Nancy, Broad suffered from osteomyelitis at the age of 15, which delayed his development as a cricketer.^[3] His first-class debut came for Gloucestershire in 1979 and he secured a permanent place in the team the following summer.^[3] As well as Nottinghamshire, he also played for Orange Free State. Returning to Gloucestershire in 1993,^[1] Broad retired at the end of the 1994 season with a hip injury.^[3]

International record[link]

Broad made his Test debut for England in 1984, in the second Test match against the West Indies at Lord's. Opening the batting with Graeme Fowler, Broad scored 55 in an opening partnership of 101 runs. Fowler went on to score 106 runs, however England were bowled out for 286. The West Indies reached 245 in response. England's second innings began poorly, Broad being dismissed for a duck having faced only nine balls, and the West Indies reached the 342 run target set for them thanks to 214* from Gordon Greenidge.^[4] Broad therefore averaged 27.50 in his debut Test match.^[5]

Broad opened in the next Test match against the West Indies at Headingley, Yorkshire beginning on 12 July 1984, scoring 32 and two.^[6] He scored 42 and 21 in the next Test, and four and 39 in the final Test of the series,^[6] ending his first series with 195 runs at 24.37.^[7] Broad then played one Test match against Sri Lanka, scoring his highest score thus far, 86 in a drawn Test match.^[6] Broad did not play for England again until 14 November 1986 during the 1986 Ashes series. He began quietly with eight and 35*, however in the second Test at Perth he scored 162 and 16.^[6] He then scored 116 and 15* at Adelaide, 112 at Melbourne and six and 17 in Sydney.^[6] He ended this Ashes tour with 487 runs and three centuries from nine innings.^[7] He scored centuries in three consecutive matches, only the eighth Englishman at the time to have achieved this feat (four more have achieved it subsequently).^[8]

At this time Broad made his One Day International debut in 1986, against Australia in Perth, Western Australia where he scored 76 and England won by 37 runs.^[9]

In his only tour of Pakistan in 1987. Broad was severely reprimanded by the tour manager after refusing to walk when given out caught behind in the second innings of the Lahore Test match.^[10] Broad had stood his ground and almost a minute elapsed before Gooch persuaded him to go. The game was marred by numerous allegations of unfair dismissals by the umpires. Mike Gatting, the England captain, let his views on these decisions be known, both on the pitch and in the press conference after the day's play.^[11]

He was dropped ostensibly for a lack of form, but it was also widely viewed that the England management did not agree with his temperament - he famously knocked his stumps out of the ground after being bowled in the 1988 Sydney Bicentennial Test. He was fined the maximum permitted (£500) by the tour manager. Broad last played for England in the second Test against Australia in 1989, having played in 25 Test matches with a high score of 162 and an average of 39.54. Unusually, he made all of his centuries outside England - four in Australia, one in New Zealand and one in Pakistan.

Broad was a member of the unofficial and controversial 1990 rebel tour to South Africa

Test official[link]

In 2003, Broad became an ICC Test official, acting as match referee for Test matches and One Day Internationals, including the first match of the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal and serving as match referee in the World Cup Super Eights game between the West Indies and Australia.

Broad was the match referee for the Second Test of the Sri Lanka in Pakistan series,^[12] and was in a convoy of vehicles that was attacked by terrorists in the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team.^[13] During the attack he allegedly risked his life to protect an injured umpire. He and umpire Simon Taufel subsequently criticised the level of protection provided to officials and players, saying in a press conference, "We were promised high levels of security and in our hour of need that security vanished".

Achievements[link]

Test cricket[link]

Performance against each opponent[link]

Opponent	Matches	Innings	Not out	Runs	High Score	100	50	Average
Australia	8	14	2	708	162	4	0	59.00
New Zealand	3	4	0	204	114	1	1	51.00
Pakistan	7	13	0	397	116	1	2	30.53
Sri Lanka	1	1	0	86	86	0	1	86.00
West Indies	6	12	0	266	55	0	2	22.16
TOTAL	25	44	2	1661	162	6	6	39.54

First-class centuries[link]

The Broad Appeal[link]

Broad's second wife, Miche, was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in May 2009.^[2] She took her life the following year in July.^[14] Together with his children Stuart and Gemma, Broad established the charity The Broad Appeal in February 2011 to raise both awareness of and funds for MND.^[14]

Notes[link]

External links[link]

• Cricinfo Player Profile : Chris Broad
• Profile at Jon Holmes Media Ltd.
• Official Website of The Broad Appeal

v t e England squad – 1987 Cricket World Cup (runners up) 1 Gatting (c) 2 Athey 3 Broad 4 DeFreitas 5 Downton (wk) 6 Emburey 7 Foster 8 Gooch 9 Hemmings 10 Lamb 11 Pringle 12 Robinson 13 Small

Mervyn Gregory Hughes (born 23 November 1961) is a former Australian cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler, he represented Australia between 1985 and 1994 in 53 Test matches, taking 212 wickets. He played 33 One Day Internationals, taking 38 wickets. He took a hat trick in a Test against the West Indies at the WACA in 1988–89, and went on to take 8-87. In 1993, he took 31 wickets in the Ashes Series against England. He was a useful lower-order batsman, scoring two half-centuries in tests, and over 1000 runs in all. He also represented Victorian Bushrangers, Essex in English county cricket, Australian Capital Territory, Australia 'A' (in the World Series Cup), and Australia.

Childhood[link]

Hughes was born in Euroa, Victoria. He started kindergarten while at Apollo Bay, and his first year at school came when the family was back at Euroa. Organised sport began in 3rd grade at Werribee. He pestered his father to be allowed to join the 5th Grade at Werribee at football practice, and was able to hold his own, despite the fact that he was one of the smallest players when out of his age group. Hughes' enthusiasm for sport was described as "unquenchable."^[1]

Career[link]

Hughes started his career playing district cricket with Footscray in 1978–79. Footscray (now called Footscray-Edgewater) subsequently has had their main home ground named after him; it is now known as the Mervyn G. Hughes Oval. He was selected for Victoria in 1981–82, and made his debut against South Australia. Hughes first appeared for Australia against India in 1985–1986. He took 1-12,3 and was not re-selected until the Ashes Series against England the following year.

At Perth, in 1988–89, Merv Hughes completed a hat-trick spread across three separate overs and two different days. He had Curtly Ambrose caught behind with the last ball of his 36th over; ended West Indies' first innings in his 37th, by removing Patrick Patterson; and, more than a day later, completed his hat-trick by trapping Gordon Greenidge lbw with the first ball of West Indies' second innings.^[2]

The Australian selectors always viewed Hughes as a Test match player rather than a one-day player, and he was generally only selected for the shorter game when another player was injured or otherwise unavailable.^{[citation needed]}

Hughes' physical presence (a burly 6'4"), handlebar moustache, a penchant for exuberant displays of affection for his fellow players (they called him "Fruitfly"), and a (some would say) "mincing" run-up (that at times stretched to 45 paces), made him a firm favourite amongst supporters. In England, on his second Ashes tour in 1993, the crowd often chanted "Sumo" when he ran in to bowl.^[3]

Hughes played his last Test in Cape Town against South Africa in 1994.

Late in his career, Hughes undertook a stint with the Canberra Comets, which turned out to be unsuccessful. He claimed only five wickets at an average of 46.80 over six matches (Rodney Davison, Jimmy Maher, Jamie Cox, Shaun Young, and Ryan Campbell).

Merv Hughes's Test career batting performance.

Personal life and later career[link]

Hughes was a notorious consumer of alcohol and food. Towards the end of his career, this was felt to have increased damage to his knees, and may have ultimately led to a shortening of his Australian and Victorian playing careers. Having always been rather overweight, he participated in both seasons of Channel Nine's Celebrity Overhaul to lose weight and improve his fitness. He was the top performer (weight-wise) in the first season of the show.

Hughes is noted for his large moustache. Described by Cricinfo as being "of incredible proportions",^[4] the moustache became sufficiently synonymous with Hughes for him to insure it for £200,000.^[5]

Hughes replaced Allan Border in June 2005 as a selector for the Australian cricket team, although his performance as a selector came under much scrutiny after many controversial decisions and the loss of the number-one ranking for Tests after the 2009 Ashes series. However, Australia would go on to have a successful 2009–10 summer, finishing undefeated in all three forms of the game. Later, however, he would be dropped as a selector for the Australian Cricket Team. Hughes is a prominent supporter of the Western Bulldogs Australian Football League team. Hughes has also done some acting, portraying Ivan Milat in the comedy movie, Fat Pizza, as well as appearing on TV commercials featuring losing weight with "The 14-day All-Bran Challenge".

Hughes was replaced as selector by Greg Chappell on 29 October 2010.

Footnotes[link]

1. ^ Patrick Keane, in association with Merv Hughes, Merv: the Full Story (Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1997), page 11.
2. ^ "AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES 1988–-89: Second Test Match". Wisden. http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153134.html. 
3. ^ Spinner poses weighty problems - Daily Telegraph - 7 March 2007
4. ^ "Merv Hughes". Cricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5726.html. Retrieved 2010-12-11. 
5. ^ "How the stars cover their assets". BBC. 31 July 1998. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/142982.stm. Retrieved 2010-12-11. 

See also[link]

• Sledging (cricket)

References[link]

• Patrick Keane, in association with Merv Hughes, Merv: the Full Story (Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1997)

External links[link]

• Merv Hughes's Cricinfo profile
• IMDB link

v t e Australia squad – 1992 Cricket World Cup 1 Border (c) 2 Boon 3 Healy (wk) 4 Hughes 5 Jones 6 Marsh 7 McDermott 8 Moody 9 Reid 10 M. Taylor 11 P. Taylor 12 M. Waugh 13 S. Waugh 14 Whitney

Stuart Broad

Personal information
Full name	Stuart Christopher John Broad
Born	(1986-06-24) 24 June 1986 (age 26) Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Nickname	Broady, The Enforcer[1]
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler[2], Twenty20 captain
Relations	BC Broad (father)
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 638)	9 December 2007 v Sri Lanka
Last Test	17 May 2012 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 197)	30 August 2006 v Pakistan
Last ODI	18 February 2012 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	8 (prev. 39)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005–2007	Leicestershire
2008–	Nottinghamshire
2011-	Kings XI Punjab
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	46	87	95	104
Runs scored	1,483	393	2,530	439
Batting average	27.98	11.90	25.30	11.55
100s/50s	1/9	0/0	1/16	0/0
Top score	169	45*	169	45*
Balls bowled	9,560	4,412	17,606	5,194
Wickets	158	142	335	167
Bowling average	30.12	26.95	28.37	27.04
5 wickets in innings	5	1	14	1
10 wickets in match	1	n/a	1	n/a
Best bowling	7/72	5/23	8/52	5/23
Catches/stumpings	14/–	18/–	29/–	20/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 May 2012

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 Leicestershire, the team attached to his school, Oakham School; in 2008 he transferred to Nottinghamshire, 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.^[3] 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.

Early life[link]

Broad originally started his career as an opening batsman, following in the footsteps of his father, the former England opener and current ICC match referee Chris Broad. It was not until he was 17 and had a growth spurt that he started to consider being a fast bowler.^[4] Broad had been associated with Leicestershire since he was 8 years old having represented them at Under-9 level. Broad learned most of his adult cricket at Melton Mowbray club Egerton Park who also produced England seamer Tim Munton. He played for the club from the ages of 9–19; in his final two seasons he opened the batting with fellow Leicestershire player Matthew Boyce and spearheaded the attack. He was awarded with the Leicestershire Young Cricketers Batsman Award in 1996.^[4]

Education[link]

Broad was educated at Oakham School, a co-educational independent school in the market town of Oakham in Rutland, where he was in the same year as England Rugby back-row Tom Croft.^[4] Broad finished his school career with three B grades at A-level; given the choice of a place at Durham University or a contract with Leicestershire County Cricket Club, he chose the latter.^[4]

Domestic career[link]

Broad played his first game for Leicestershire 2nd XI in 2004 just before his 18th birthday and impressed enough to be given a full contract for the following season. Broad continued to impress Director of Cricket James Whitaker and made his first-class debut early in the 2005 season against Durham University Centre of Cricketing Excellence. He returned credible figures of 1/40 from 15 overs. His maiden first-class wicket was that of Nick Lamb. Broad followed this appearance with his first County Championship appearance against Somerset at the familiar location of Oakham. Broad impressed yet again when, against a batting line up which included Graeme Smith and Sanath Jayasuriya, he finished with figures of two for 61 in a game ruined by the rain. By the end of the season Broad had become a regular fixture in Leicestershire's first-class side, playing their last four Championship fixtures and getting his one-day debut in the very final National League fixture of the season, taking two for 40 against Kent Spitfires.

In the 2006 season Broad took his first 5 wicket haul against championship favourites Surrey and scored his first championship 50 against Derbyshire. His most eye-catching performances have been in the Twenty20 Cup, where his economy of 4.50 was the second-best of the season of bowlers with more than 15 overs bowled.^[5] In the County Championship Broad played twelve of Leicestershire's 13 matches until called up for England, and his 44 wickets at an average of 31.38 meant he led his county both in terms of wickets and bowling average.^[6] On 23 August 2007 it was announced that Broad would be leaving Leicestershire at the end of the season to join Nottinghamshire, after choosing not to renew his contract and to return to his home county.^[7]

England career[link]

Broad played for the England Under-19 squad in 2005, facing the Sri Lankan U-19 squad, and took five for seventeen in the first "test" at Shenley. He was named in the ECB National Academy squad for the winter of 2005–06 and was then called up to the England "A" squad touring the West Indies, as a replacement for James Anderson, who had been drafted into the Test side touring India. In April 2006, Broad was again called up to the England A squad, facing the touring Sri Lankan team.

Broad was also included in the ECB's 25-man development squad for the 2006 season. David Graveney, the chairman of selectors, said, "The squad essentially enables the England Head Coach (Duncan Fletcher), working with his support staff and the National Academy staff, to monitor more closely the development of international players and better prepare them for the demands of the international game."

On 23 August 2006, Broad was included in the England one-day squad for the one-day internationals against Pakistan, and a couple of days later was named Young Cricketer of the Year by the Cricket Writers' Club.^[8] On 28 August, Broad made his first England appearance, in the Twenty20 International against Pakistan. Broad bowled four overs for 35 runs, and took two wickets in two balls, Shoaib Malik and Younis Khan, and narrowly missed out on a hat-trick, after a lofted shot from Shahid Afridi fell just short of Kevin Pietersen.^[9] On 30 August, he made his ODI debut, taking a wicket in his first over, as well as being involved in a last-wicket partnership of 29 with Darren Gough. In the third ODI on 5 September 2006, Broad once again found himself on a hat-trick with the wickets of Abdul Razzaq and Kamran Akmal, but again missed out on the third. He bowled ten overs and ended with figures of three for 57 with one maiden.

Broad was left out of the squad for the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy and the 2006-07 Commonwealth Bank Series. However, he was called up for the finals in the latter following injuries to Jon Lewis and Chris Tremlett.^[10] He was also called into England's squad as a replacement partway through the 2007 World Cup. He finished the tournament by scoring the winning runs in England's final match against the West Indies.^[11] Broad also featured in the ODI squad at the end of the West Indies tour of England in summer 2007, taking three for twenty in the first match to take England to a 1–0 lead in the ODI series.^[12] On 30 August, he took career-best bowling figures of four for 51 as England bowled out India for 212 in the fourth match of the summer's ODI series. Broad also hit an unbeaten 45 to take his first ODI Man of the Match award. The definitive unbeaten partnership of 99 runs he shared with Ravi Bopara is a record eighth-wicket stand for England in ODIs.^[13]

On 19 September, Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh hit six sixes from one Broad over in a Twenty20 International match in Durban, South Africa, during 2007's ICC World Twenty20.^[14] This was the fourth time the feat had been performed in senior cricket, the first in Twenty20 cricket, and the first time in any form of international cricket against a bowler from a major cricket country.)^[15]

Broad enjoyed a hugely successful ODI series in Sri Lanka in October 2007, taking eleven wickets in the series at an average of 19.27, as England won the series three-two to record its first ever ODI series win in Sri Lanka.^[16] Ryan Sidebottom, with twelve, was the only England bowler to take more wickets than Broad, who went on to have an equally successful ODI series against New Zealand. Although England fell to a three-one defeat, Broad was the leading wicket taker and held the highest batting average, 52, in the England team.^[17] During the tour of New Zealand in 2008, Broad, along with Alastair Cook and James Anderson, posed naked for the Cosmopolitan paper with just a cricket bat for coverup.^[18]

On 6 June 2008, Broad scored his maiden Test fifty against New Zealand at Trent Bridge, making 64 before being bowled by Chris Martin. He quickly followed this with his second, in July 2008, in the Test series against South Africa, scoring a new best of 76. In the Second Test at Headingley, Broad contributed seventeen runs in the first innings, as England was bowled out on the first day for 203. In the second innings, with the match already lost, Broad top-scored with 67 in an innings that included some impressive drives through midwicket and cover, giving further evidence of his batsmanship. After this, his Test batting average rose above forty. His performances with the bat have led pundits to suggest that he may become a genuine all rounder, with Geoffrey Boycott comparing him to Garfield Sobers: "He's a wonderful player. There's a little bit of Sobers in him".^[19]

Broad was surprisingly dropped for the following Test at Edgbaston, making way for the returning Paul Collingwood. England captain Michael Vaughan said he was left out because of his bowling, but the decision has been criticised: Collingwood was no better a bowler than Broad, and Broad's batsmanship quite encouraging.^{[citation needed]} Broad duly took seven wickets for Nottinghamshire against Durham while the Test was being played. On 26 August 2008, he recorded the first five-wicket haul in his international career with best figures of five for 23 against South Africa at his home ground in the second ODI of the series, with England winning the series 4–0 with Broad taking 8 wickets within the series at an average of 18.4 and shooting up to 4th in the ICC ODI world rankings, the highest by far in his career and by any English bowler since Andrew Flintoff in 2003.

On 26 May 2009, Broad was named Man of the Series (one-day) against the West Indies in England. He took a total of six wickets, and England won the series two-nil after the first ODI was rained out. In the adjacent Test series, in which the home side fairly routed its opponents, Broad's wickets came at an average of just eighteen – "further evidence," reckoned journalist Nick Hoult, "of the top class international cricketer that lurks within. His bowling, particularly the variety he has added to his game, makes him a potential Ashes star [...]."^[20]

On 5 June 2009, Netherlands defeated England by four wickets in the first match of the ICC World Twenty20.^[21] Netherlands needed seven to win from the final over with Broad bowling. He spurned two run-out opportunities from the first two balls, and dropped a catch off the third. The Dutch needed two runs from the final ball to win, and got them after Broad picked up the ball in his follow through and, attempting to win the match, overthrew, missing his third run-out opportunity of the over and allowing the batsmen to come back for the match-clinching second run.^[22]

2009 Ashes[link]

In July 2009, Broad was named in The Ashes squad to face Australia for the first Test at the SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff – his maiden Ashes Test. He scored a 22-ball 19 in England's first-innings total of 435, but in 32 overs he took just one wicket (that of Michael Clarke, caught behind for 83) as Australia amassed 674 for 6 declared, with four centurions. Nonetheless, his final-day 14 proved crucial, keeping the Australians at bay alongside Paul Collingwood for a minute over an hour before James Anderson and Monty Panesar blocked out the final 11½ overs to salvage an unlikely draw.^[23]

The second Test at Lord's saw Broad take three wickets, including the important wicket of Australian skipper Ricky Ponting, bowled off an inside-edged cut for 38 as England pursued victory, and took a diving outfield catch to remove the opener Simon Katich in the first innings, as England took a 1–0 lead in the series.^[24]

Though he took no wickets in the first innings of the third Test at Edgbaston, Broad hit a 64-ball 55 to extend England's first-innings lead to 114. On the final day, Broad took two of the three wickets to fall: Mike Hussey for 64 and, late in the day, Marcus North for 96. Nonetheless, Australia drew the match with ease.^[25]

In the fourth Test at Headingley, Broad took his place in an England first-innings collapse, clipping Stuart Clark to square leg for 3 as Australia's seam attack bowled England out for 102. As Australia scored 445, Broad took six wickets for 91 in Australia's only innings, at that time his best first-class innings return, and in the second innings contributed a rapid 61 from 48 balls, though he could not avert an innings defeat.^[26]

England therefore started the fifth Test at the Oval with the series level at 1–1, with a victory required to secure the Ashes. He took 5 for 37 in the afternoon session of the second day, taking five of the first seven wickets to fall to take the Australian innings from 73/0 to 111/7 and eventually 160 all out. He also contributed 37 and 29 with the bat, and on the final day took the wicket of Shane Watson lbw for 40, the second wicket to fall in consecutive overs to start Australia's collapse, winning the Man of the Match award as England won by 197 runs to regain the 'Ashes' 2–1.^[27]

He finished the tour with an aggregate of 234 runs and 18 wickets, leading England's bowling figures both in wickets taken and in bowling average (30.22). Though three Australian bowlers took more wickets, Broad was the only bowler from either side to claim two five-wicket innings hauls during the series.^[28]

ICC Champions Trophy 2009[link]

This was a good tournament for Stuart Broad. He was the second highest wicket taker overall throughout the tournament with 10 wickets in 3 matches, only behind Wayne Parnell who took 11 in the same amount of matches. In the first match of the tournament against Sri Lanka he took 3–49 in a winning effort. He followed it up with a 3–67 vs South Africa, putting England through to the semi finals. He then took 4–39 vs New Zealand in a losing effort after England had already been bowled out for 146, with New Zealand making the runs in just 27.1 overs. Sadly this was his last game in the tournament with Broad picking up an injury that kept him out of the semi finals, which England lost to Australia.

2009/2010 Tour of South Africa[link]

Broad's injuries continued through to the tour of South Africa, keeping him out of the two twenty20 matches, which both ended up being abandoned. The weather affected the 1st One Day International which was probably an advantage for Broad and the England team with Broad being fit for the 3rd ODI, with England winning the second ODI by 7 wickets after Paul Collingwood and Jonathan Trott had a partnership of 162 with Collingwood getting 105.

When Broad returned he instantly made an impact with numerous wickets but turned out to be very expensive. With his first game getting figures of 4–71, England suffered defeat by 112 runs. Broad improved on his economy rate in the 4th ODI with figures of 2–30 from 9.5 overs. This backed up James Anderson who took 5–23. The final game was rained off before a ball was bowled to leave England with a 2–1 victory and only the second team to win a one day series vs South Africa in South Africa.

Broad struggled in the First test in Centurion with only taking 1–74 in the first innings and 2–54 in the second. His batting was unsuccessful, getting only 17 and a duck. The duck was during a dramatic collapse where England went from 205–4 to 218–9 with Graham Onions batting out the final over to save the test.

In the second test Broad showed good form with the ball with 2–44 in the first innings but then taking 4–43 in the second dismissing Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers and JP Duminy all within 3 overs. He took the wicket of Mark Boucher the next day to leave Graeme Swann to dismiss the rest of the South African line up. This gave England an innings and 98 run victory. After this test Broad went up to 7th in the ICC Test bowling rankings, the highest in his career. During this tour he declined to play in the IPL with Jimmy Anderson on the grounds he wanted to focus on his Test cricket first, and feared injury in the IPL.

2010 – Bangladesh, ICC World T20, Australia and Pakistan[link]

After South Africa, England toured Bangladesh, playing three ODIs and two Test matches. Injuries to Anderson, Onions and Sidebottom meant that Broad was the leader of a relatively inexperienced pace attack. However, an injury before the Test series meant that he wasn't fully fit and was outbowled by Tim Bresnan and debutant Steven Finn.

England then travelled to the West Indies for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. England won the tournament, beating Australia in the final. Broad won the man of the match award against Sri Lanka in the semi-final, and overall took 8 wickets at an average of 17.50.

Back in England, Broad was rested for the home series against Bangladesh before returning to the side for a 5-match ODI series against Australia. England won the first three games to take the series, with Broad named man of the match in the second game after bowling figures of 4–44. England lost the last two games, though Broad did achieve another four-wicket haul in the fifth game to finish the series with an average of 19.83. The ODIs against Bangladesh were less note-worthy – England won 2–1 with Broad taking 4 wickets.

In the home series against Pakistan, Broad was involved in a disciplinary incident in the second Test. After Pakistani batsman Zulqarnain Haider defended a ball bowled by Broad down the pitch, Broad picked the ball up and threw it at Haider, striking him on the hand. Broad was fined 50% of his match fee.

In the final Test of the series, Broad reached his maiden Test century at Lord's. Coming to the crease at 102–7, he scored 169 and put on a 332-run partnership with fellow centurion Jonathan Trott; a world record for an eight-wicket partnership. ^[29] It was his first century in all forms of cricket since an under-19's match for Leicestershire and saw his name go on the Lord's batting honours board, a feat that his father never achieved. He also surpassed his father's Test best of 162, and they became the first father and son both to score centuries for England in Test match cricket. His efforts both with the bat and with the ball (he also took three wickets during the match and made a direct-hit run out) earned him the man of the match award.

The Ashes in Australia[link]

Broad bowling against Sri Lanka at Lord's in June 2011

Broad had an indifferent tour of Australia, which was cut short due to injury. He started with a half-century in a warm-up game, and overall took 6 wickets over the two games against Western Australia and South Australia.^[30][31] In the first Test at The Gabba, Brisbane, he fell for a golden duck in England's innings, the final victim of Peter Siddle's hat-trick. Wicketless in Australia's first innings, he had Simon Katich caught in the second as the Test was drawn.^[32] In the second Test at Adelaide, he finished Australia's first innings off with the wicket of Brad Haddin, but a stomach muscle injury limited his participation in the second where England won by an innings.^[33] That injury was revealed to be a muscle tear, and it ruled Broad out of the remaining three Tests and the one-day series that followed.^[34] He was not missed for the rest of the Test series but he was for the ODIs because England were plagued by injuries throughout the 6–1 series defeat.

Summer 2011[link]

After a difficult series against Sri Lanka^[35] there was much pressure on the England selectors to drop him for the upcoming series against world number 1 India.^[36] However, Broad was named in the side for the first test at Lord's and ended with match figures of 7–94, as well as scoring an unbeaten 74 in the second innings, as England won by 196 runs.^[37] His good form with both bat and ball continued in the second test. Top scoring with an aggressive 64 in the first innings, he helped England recover from 124–8 to 221 all out before achieving his career best figures of 6–46 in India's first innings. This included a hat-trick, taking the wickets of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar in consecutive balls, the first ever hat-trick taken against India. Broad took five wickets from his final 16 balls of the innings, without conceding a single run.^[38] With a positive second innings contribution with both bat and ball (44 runs with the bat and then two wickets, including the final wicket of the match) Broad was named Man of the Match.^[39] In the Third Test at Edgbaston, Broad took 4 wicket along with Tim Bresnan to bowl India out cheaply. In England's innings he was not needed as Alistair Cook scored 294 to pass 700. Broad took two wickets in the second innings to beat India and for England to become World number 1 in Test Cricket. Broad made a lesser impact in the fourth Test with him taking two wickets in both India's innings and he did not bat due to a early declaration.

Summer of 2012[link]

Broad started off his summer with his best international innings yet, of 7-72, against the West Indies, at Lord's, the first test match of the series, was started with a bang as he was able to get a 5-fer at the home of cricket, Lord's, becoming only the 8th player to join an elite club of all-rounders to be on both honours boards, after his maiden test century of 169 against Pakistan in 2010.^[40]

He soon followed this up by taking 4 more wickets in the next innings, missing a possible hat trick however, to get Test best figures of 11 for 165, being the first to take a 10 wicket haul at Lord's since Sir Ian Botham in 1978. He had to wait until after Lunch on the 4th day to take the last 3 wickets he needed for the haul. He was named Man of the Match the next day after England won by 5 wickets, in a chase of 191. ^[41]

Personal life[link]

Broad's sister Gemma works for the England team as an analyst.^[42] He supports Nottingham Forest F.C. and Leicester Tigers.^[43] Stuart's stepmother Michelle "Miche" Broad died of suicide having motor neurone disease on 7 July 2010.^[44] His family has since founded The Broad Appeal to raise awareness for MND, and to try and find a cure.^[45]

Achievements and honours[link]

Man of the series awards[link]

Date	Format	Opponent	Result
21–26 May 2009	One Day International	West Indies	England win the series 2–0
21 July – 22 August 2011	Test	India	England win the series 4–0

Man of the match awards[link]

Man of the Match Awards – International Cricket[46]
Stuart Broad has won 4 Man of the Match awards in Test cricket.
No	Test	Versus	Date	Venue	City/Country	Inns	Runs	Bowling	Result
1	Fifth Test	Australia	20 August 2009	The Oval	London, England	1st	37	5/37	Eng won by 197 runs
						2nd	29	1/71
2	Fourth Test	Pakistan	26 August 2010	Lord's	London, England	1st	169	2/10	Eng won by an innings and 225 runs
						2nd	–	1/24
3	Second Test	India	29 July 2011	Trent Bridge	Nottingham, England	1st	64	6/46	Eng won by 319 runs
						2nd	44	2/30
4	First Test	West Indies	21 May 2012	Lord's	London, England	1st	10	7/72	Eng won by 5 wickets
						2nd	–	4/93
Stuart Broad has won 2 Man of the Match awards in ODI cricket.
No	Match	Versus	Date	Venue	City/Country		Runs	Bowling	Result
1	Fourth ODI	India	30 August 2007	Old Trafford	Manchester, England		45*	4/51	Eng won by 3 wickets
2	Second ODI	South Africa	26 August 2008	Trent Bridge	Nottingham, England		–	5/23	Eng won by 10 wickets

Test Match 5 wicket hauls[link]

Stuart Broad's 5 wicket Hauls
	Figure	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
[1]	5/85	11	West Indies	Kingston, Jamaica	Sabina Park	2009
[2]	6/91	21	Australia	Leeds, England	Headingley	2009
[3]	5/37	22	Australia	London, England	The Oval	2009
[4]	6/46	39	India	Nottingham, England	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	2011
[5]	7/72	46	West Indies	London, England	Lord's	2012

Test Match 10 wicket Hauls[link]

Stuart Broad's 10 wicket Hauls
	Figure	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
[1]	11/165	46	West Indies	London, England	Lord's	2012

Test Match Hat-tricks[link]

Stuart Broad's Hat-tricks
	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
[1]	39	India	Nottingham, England	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	2011

Test Match centuries[link]

Stuart Broad's Test Cricket International centuries
	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
[1]	169	32	Pakistan	London, England	Lord's	2010

Notes[link]

External links[link]

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v t e England squad – 2007 ICC World Twenty20 3 Shah 5 Collingwood 6 Maddy 9 Anderson 11 Flintoff 13 Prior 16 Kirtley 24 Pietersen 28 Schofield 29 Snape 32 Mascarenhas 33 Tremlett 38 Solanki 39 Broad 45 Wright Coach: Moores Ravi Bopara and Ryan Sidebottom were named in the squad but withdrew after injury. James Anderson and Dimitri Mascarenhas were called up as replacements.

v t e England squad – 2009 ICC World Twenty20 3 Shah 5 Collingwood 8 Broad 9 Anderson 15 Foster 24 Pietersen 32 Mascarenhas 35 Key 39 Morgan 42 Bopara 45 Wright 48 Napier 66 Swann 78 Sidebottom 95 Rashid Coach: Flower

v t e England squad – 2010 ICC World Twenty20 (1st title) 5 Collingwood 6 Wright 8 Broad 9 Anderson 13 Shahzad 16 Morgan 18 Sidebottom 20 Bresnan 22 Kieswetter 24 Pietersen 40 Yardy 42 Bopara 45 Lumb 53 Tredwell 66 Swann Coach: Flower

v t e England squad – 2011 Cricket World Cup 4 Trott 5 Collingwood 6 Wright 7 Bell 9 Anderson 14 Strauss (c) 16 Morgan 20 Bresnan 23 Prior 33 Tremlett 42 Bopara 46 Dernbach 53 Tredwell 66 Swann 95 Rashid Coach: Flower Eoin Morgan was named in the squad but withdrew after injury; Ravi Bopara was called up as a replacement. Morgan returned to the squad during the group stage when Kevin Pietersen withdrew due to injury. Chris Tremlett replaced the injured Stuart Broad mid-way through the group stage. Jade Dernbach replaced the injured Ajmal Shahzad for the quarter finals. Adil Rashid replaced Michael Yardy who went home for personal reasons before the quarter final.