After missing out on the first Test at Southampton, England fast bowler Stuart Broad was left𓄧 frustrated and vented out his anguish over his axe.
However, Broad came back in the second Test match and ended up with six vital wi🔴ckets in the game, h🅷elping England draw level in the three-match series.
In the third and the final Test of the series, Broad displayed his hit🦂ting utilities at the lower-order wit𒐪h a quickfire 33-ball half-century.
Broad’s half-century was the joint second-fast♌est by an Englishmen in Test cricket, along with Andrew Flintoff and Allan Lamb. Ian Botham scored the fastest half-cent🌌ury for England in red-ball cricket, which came off just 28 deliveries.
Now, Broad has opened up on the inspiration behind his lighꦅtning knock, which came after aꩵ slight tweak in his technique.
“They were quite important runs. It was about changing the momentum of the innings. West Indies bowled beautifully this morning and I think ifᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ I had gone out there and tried to play regulation I think there was a ball with my name on it,” Broad commented in a news conference.
“I tried to up the momentum, hit the bowlers off a length and try and take Kemar (Roach) and Shannon (Gabriel) away from what they’d done so wel🐽l in the f💯irst 40 minutes,” he added.
Broad then credited the advice dispensed by his Nottinghamshire coach Peter M♉oores responsible for his knock. Moore wanted Broad to replicate Shane Warne’s technique while♑ facing fast bowlers.
“Tactically it was the right thing to do and something I’ve worked on with Peter Moores at Nottinghamshire. He brought me the example of Shane Warne who didn’t look particularly pretty at times but hit balls in different areas and was really effective, es🦄pecially in the 2005 Ashes.” Broad concluded.
England poꦺsted 369 in the first innings on the back of impressive contributions from Broad, Ollie Pope and Jos Buttler.
Later, Broad came back and picked up a couple of wickets with the ball, leaving West Indies reeling at the end of second day’s play.
