![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/watching-stuart-broad-in-the-ashes-has-been-pure-box-office/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_England-v-Australia-LV-Insurance-Ashes-Series-2023-Fifth-Test-Day-Three-The-Kia-Oval.jpg&description="When Broad got on a roll, he was like a runaway train. Galloping in, knees and elbows pumping like pistons, hitting the crease at full throttle and releasing every ball like a spear, his greatest gift was to pin batsmen in the crease by harnessing the two most priceless virtues of bowling - fast and straight." Stuart Broad arrived on Test cricket's stage as son of the father who scored three centuries in an Ashes series. He leaves it as one of England's all-time greats, one of the finest fast bowlers we have ever produced and purveyor of the most destructive spell on these shores in a lifetime. It would be fitting if he bowed out, at some time in the next 36 hours, with one last victory against Australia and helped to square a series England should never be losing in the first place. As a double act, Jimmy Anderson and Broad have 1,291 Test wickets between them and they have gone together like fish and chips, Morecambe & Wise, salt and vinegar. But as Anderson turns 41 on Sunday it is surprising that his sidekick – four years younger – has announced his retirement sooner and as England's leading wicket-taker in a memorable summer. When Broad got on a roll, he was like a runaway train. Galloping in, knees and elbows pumping like pistons, hitting the crease at full throttle and releasing every ball like a spear, his greatest gift was to pin batsmen in the crease by harnessing the two most priceless virtues of bowling - fast and straight. The first of his 167 Test caps was against Sri Lanka in Colombo 16 years ago. It is a tribute to his fitness and longevity that has maintained such high standards for such a long time. 'I've been thinking about it (retirement) for the last few weeks, but England v Australia has always been the pinnacle for me,' he said. 'I've loved the battles with Australia I've had personally and as a team. I've got a love affair with Ashes cricket and I think I wanted my last ball to be in the Ashes.' Hollywood scripts are not often deliv){kind=link}
“When Broad got on a roll, he was like a runaway train. Galloping in, knees and elbows pumping like pistons, hitting the crease at full throttle and releasing every ball like a spear, his greatest gift was to pin batsmen in the crease by harnessing the two most priceless virtues of bowling – fast and straight.”
Stuart Broad arrived on Test cricket’s stage as son of the father who scored three centuries in an Ashes series.
âHe leaves it as one of England’s all-time greats, one of the finest fast bowlers we have ever produced and purveyor of the most destructive spell on these shores in a lifetime.
âIt would be fitting if he bowed out, at some time in the next 36 hours, with one last victory against Australia and helped to square a series England should never be losing in the first place.
âAs a double act, Jimmy Anderson and Broad have 1,291 Test wickets between them and they have gone together like fish and chips, Morecambe & Wise, salt and vinegar.