Here’s a career recap of re💞tiring England seamer Stuart Broad
Stuart Christopher John Broad was born in Nottingham to former Eng⛄land batter Brian Chris▨topher Broad.
Broad’s birth was 12 weeks prematurely, and his life was saved by a doc🧜tor named John, who inspired his middle name.
He had a great interest in hockey during childhoo♛d and played as a goalkeeper.
Broad was educ🎶ated at Br🐷ooke Priory School and finished his studies with three B grades at A-level.
He initially began his professional career at Leicestershire but later transferred to 🐭Nottinghamshire in 2008.
Broad had started as an opening batter following his 🥂father’s footsteps but transformed into a seamer as time passed.
He took his first 5-wicket haul against Surrey County Clu꧟b.
Broad made his first international appearance for 🍬Eꦆngland in a T20I match against Pakistan on 28 August 2006.
His ODI debut came against the same oppone🌟nts on 30 August 2006.
On 19 September 2007, Broad was smacked for six sixes in an over by I൲🍨ndia’s veteran all-rounder Yuvraj Singh in the 2007 ICC T20 World Cup.
9 December 2007 s💮aw the English seamer make his Test debut against Sri Lanka.
Broad𒅌 scored his maiden Test fifty against♒ New Zealand in a home series in the year 2008.
His impressive batting in the longest format continued, aꦏnd his average rose ab🐻ove 40.
Many veteran cricketers started considering Broad a genuine all-rounder, with Geoffrey Boycott comparin✱g him to Sir Garfield Sobers.
Broad holds the record of the second-highest Test score by a number batter. He slamme♛d 169 runs against Pakistan in August 2010.
Once he sustained a nasty blow on his face off a quick⛄ bouncer by India’s Varun Aaron and was forced to leave the field immediately.
Broad was also a member of the Eng♏land team that won the 2010 ICC T20 World Cup.
The right-arm pacer is one of only four bowlers to have two hat-🌄tricks to his name in Test cricket.
He is also just the second fast bowler in cricketing history after compatriot James Anderson t𓄧o take more than 600 wickets in the red-ball format.
Broad has decided to call time on his illustrious career after the conc𒊎lusion of the fifth and final Ashes 2023 Test.
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