- STUART BROAD
Stuart has literally carried the weight of England’s expectations on his ‘Broad’ shoulders. The 6 feet 6 inches tall pacer from Nottinghamshire has performed exceedingly well in white uniform this year. He led the charge in England’s bowling department against the touring Aussies in the Ashes. He flourished in England’s 2 match home series against New Zealand by taking 13 wickets. Broad displayed an exuberant display of pace bowling in the Ashes which followed and finished the 5 match series on a tremendous note, picking up 21 wickets. He tormented the famous Australian line up comprising the likes of David Warner, Chris Rogers, Michael Clarke and Steven Smith by grabbing a career best 8/15 in the fourth game of the series at his home ground in Trent Bridge. The 29 year old has scalped 51 wickets in 13 games this year at a bowling average of 25.11 with 2 five wicket hauls in his bag. His partnership with Ashwin in this imaginary side is expected to be a lethal proposition for the oppositions as the latter will be able to extract some purchase out of the tracks owing to the roughs created by Broad.
