England legend Stuart Broad has announced his retirement from cricket and the veteran seamer deserves to bow out with an Ashes win in his final Test match
If the sporting gods are working on a Sunday, Stuart Broad will say farewell to Test cricket in a blaze of glory.
He will leave the stage, headbanded, with arms pumping, tearing down the track, a trademark celebration-appeal in full swing. No one player has symbolised the modern Ashes rivalry better than Broad has.
While his late-career susceptibility to pace might have seen him take a tactical backward step at the crease, Broad has never taken a mental backward step against the old enemy. That’s why he has never regretted not walking during the first Ashes Test of 2013 at Trent Bridge, despite edging to slip.
It earned him a notoriety Down Under that has barely diminished over the decade that followed. But you can bet your last Aussie dollar that Pat Cummins and his team-mates will give 37-year-old Broad the guard of honour he deserves when this final Test of a compelling Ashes series comes to an end either on Sunday or on Monday.