Veteran England pacer Stuart Broad achieved a major milestone as he joined the list of bowlers to pick 600 Test wickets on the first day of the fourth Test match played at Old Trafford, Manchester on 19th July 2023.
Before this match, Broad picked 598 wickets in his Test career. He got the early breakthrough dismissing Usman Khawaja with lovely delivery. The England bowlers kept picking wickets with David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith getting starts but not able to convert them into big scores.
Broad picked the wicket of Travis Head soon after the tea break with a sharp catch by Zak Crawley to join the list of elite bowlers to grab 600 wickets in the longer format.
It was a superb bowling effort as the pitch had some seam movement and kept putting pressure on the Australian batters with discipline lines and lengths making life tough. It was a remarkable performance by the England bowlers to restrict Australia to 299 for 8.
He picked up 2 wickets giving away 68 runs in his 14 overs. Broad troubled the Australian batters and went past the Australian batters’ edge.
Stuart Broad’s Performance in Test Cricket
Stuart Broad has been the backbone of England’s bowling for quite a long time. He made his Test debut on 9th December 2007 at SSC, Colombo versus Sri Lanka. His performance especially in England conditions shows his ability to put the opponent batters under pressure.
Broad played a total of 166 Test matches so far (306 innings) with 600 wickets at an economy of 2.98 runs per over. Â He picked his career-best figures of 8/15 during the 4th Ashes Test match at Nottingham, Trent Bridge on 6th August 2015. He was at his lethal best with 9 wickets in the match and was awarded the player of the match. Broad became the 2nd pacer after James Anderson to pick 600 Test wickets.
Broad has the most number of Test wickets with 149 from 39 matches, 74 wickets against India from 24 matches, 94 wickets from 23 matches, 67 wickets from 19 matches, 89 from 25 matches against South Africa, 33 wickets from 12 matches against Sri Lanka and 73 wickets from 33 matches against West Indies.
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