Stuart Broad

Stuart Broad

Personal information
Full name	Stuart Christopher John Broad
Nickname	Broady
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Relations	BC Broad (father)
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 638)	9 December 2007 v Sri Lanka
Last Test	18 August 2010 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 197)	30 August 2006 v Pakistan
Last ODI	2 March 2010 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.	8
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008–	Nottinghamshire
2005–2007	Leicestershire
2011 -	Kings XI Punjab (squad no. 9)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODIs FC LA Matches 32 62 65 74 Runs scored 1096 338 1,645 384 Batting average 28.10 14.69 24.92 13.71 100s/50s 1/6 0/0 1/11 0/0 Top score 169 45* 169 45* Balls bowled 5,117 2,852 11,464 3,634 Wickets 96 103 214 119 Bowling average 34.42 25.96 30.09 26.29 5 wickets in innings 3 1 10 1 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 6/91 5/23 6/91 5/23 Catches/stumpings 7/– 13/– 19/– 15/–
Source: CricketArchive, 5 December 2009

Stuart Christopher John Broad (born 24 June 1986 in Nottingham) is a cricketer who plays Test and One Day International cricket for England. 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. 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.

Early life

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. 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. 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. Broad maintained the Club's tradition of providing International seam bowlers as Egerton Park were the first club of former Warwickshire, Derbyshire and (fleetingly) England seamer Tim Munton. He was awarded with the Leicestershire Young Cricketers Batsman Award in 1996.

Broad was a pupil at Oakham School, where he was in the same year as England Rugby back-row Tom Croft. He opened both the batting and the bowling for the Oakham first XI; in fifty matches he scored 902 runs at 37.58 and took 61 wickets at 23.34. 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.

Domestic career

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. 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. 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.

England career

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. 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. 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. 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. 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 one–nil lead in the ODI series. 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.

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. 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.)

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. 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. 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.

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 abilities with the willow. 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".

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 was decidedly superior. 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 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 [...]."

On 5 June 2009, Netherlands defeated England by four wickets in the first match of the ICC World Twenty20. 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.

2009 Ashes

In July 2009, Broad was named in the squad to face Australia for the first Ashes 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.

The second Test at Lord's saw Broad capture 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.

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.

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 racked up 445, Broad took six wickets for 91 in Australia's only innings, to date 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.

England therefore proceeded to 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 claimed the wicket of Shane Watson lbw for 40, the second wicket to fall in consecutive overs to start Australia's demise, winning the Man of the Match award as England won by 197 runs to regain the 'Ashes' 2–1.

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.

ICC Champions Trophy 2009

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 knocking off 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

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 and instantly made an impact with numerous wickets but turned out to be very expensive. With his first game getting figures of 4-71, but England suffered a crushing 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 an inspired 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 wasn't much better only getting 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 dismissed the dangerous Mark Boucher the next day to leave Graeme Swann to rip through the rest of the South African line up to give 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 ground he wants to focus on his Test cricket first and the fear of injury that might come of it.

2010 - Bangladesh, ICC World T20, Australia and Pakistan

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 second game after taking 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 impressive average of 19.83. The ODIs against Bangladesh were less note-worthy - England won 2-1 with Broad picking up 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. 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 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.

Man of the Match at the Lord's Test match v Pakistan in 2010

The Ashes down under

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. 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. In the second Test at Adelaide, he finished Australia's 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. 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. England went on to win the series without Broad. They replaced him with Tremlett and do not seemed to be missed.

Personal life

He previously dated former Miss England Laura Coleman and actress Kacey Barnfield. Broad's sister Gemma works for the England team as an analyst. He supports Nottingham Forest F.C. and Leicester Tigers. Stuart's stepmother Michelle "Miche" Broad died of suicide having motor neurone disease on 7 July 2010. Broad attended Oakham School and was in the same year group as England and Lions rugby player, Tom Croft.

Achievements and honours

• Cricket Writer's Club Young Cricketer of the Year: 2006
• NBC Denis Compton Award: 2005, 2006, 2007
• PCA England's Most Valuable Player: 2008/09
• Record 8th wicket partnership for England in One-Day Internationals (with Ravi Bopara v India at Old Trafford, 2007)
• Record 7th wicket partnership against South Africa in Test Matches (with Ian Bell at Lord's, 11 July 2008)
• Ashes winner: 2009
• England's leading wicket taker in the Ashes 2009 Series with 18 wickets.
• World Record 8th wicket partnership in Test Cricket (with Jonathan Trott v Pakistan at Lord's, 2010)

Man of the series awards

Date	Format	Opponent	Result
21–26 May 2009	One Day International	West Indies	England win the series 2-0

Man of the match awards

Man of the Match Awards – International Cricket
Stuart Broad has won 2 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	Fouth Test	Pakistan	26 August 2010	Lord's	London	England	1st	169	2/10	Eng won by an innings and 225 runs
							2nd	–	1/24
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

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

Test Match centuries

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

External links

• Stuart Broad at ESPNcricinfo
• Stuart Broad at CricketArchive (subscription required)
• Cricket Online Profile
• Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club Profile