Stuart Broad made a unique record in his name, no one has been able to do this till date
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Chris Woakes (4 wickets for 50 runs) and moeen ali (3 for 76) England beat Australia by 49 runs on a rain-affected final day of the fifth and final cricket Test to level the five-match Ashes series at 2-2. This match was the last match of England’s veteran fast bowler Stuart Broad’s international career. The England team bid him farewell with the win. Stuart Broad has also made a unique record in his last match. Actually, in the last match of his career, Broad had hit a six on the last ball during the batting. While bowling, he also took a wicket on his last ball. He has become the first player in the world to do so in the last match.
Six hit on the last ball of the batting
England’s veteran fast bowler Stuart Broad came out to bat on the fourth day of the match in the fifth and last match of his international career. He ended his career brilliantly as a batsman. He hit a brilliant six on the last ball of his career. Broad hit this six on Australia’s star fast bowler Mitchell Starc. Stark gave the short pitch ball to Broad. On which Broad swung the bat at full speed and there was excellent contact between the ball and the bat. With this contact, the ball fell across the boundary in the straight leg side. On this six of Broad, the entire England team and his entire family were seen celebrating.
His last ball faced in Test Cricket?
A MASSIVE six!@StuartBroad8 pic.twitter.com/jHg99Q2nAi
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 30, 2023
Wicket taken on the last ball of international cricket
The retirement of Broad, who bid farewell to international cricket after playing 167 Test matches, was also very memorable in bowling. He dismissed Australian batsman Alex Carey on the last ball of his international career. Caught by Johnny Bairstow behind Alexcarey wicket off Stuart Broad. With this wicket of Broad, the England cricket team won the last match of the Ashes series.
A fairytale ending for a legend of the game.
Broady, thank you ❤️ #EnglandCricket , #Ashes pic.twitter.com/RUC5vdKj7p
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 31, 2023
Australian team gave guard of honor
Earlier, when Stuart Broad came out to bat with England fast bowler James Anderson on the fourth day of the match, the Australian team gave him a guard of honour. Apart from the Australian team, the England team and all the spectators present in the stadium stood up and greeted Broad. Broad looked very emotional seeing this special. Broad is considered one of the greatest fast bowlers in the history of English cricket. The pair of him and James Anderson is considered to be the most dangerous fast bowling pair in the cricket world.
Broad had a great career
Stuart Broad, 37, made his debut for England in 2006. He has played 167 Test matches, 121 ODIs and 56 T20 Internationals for England, taking 845* wickets. In a career spanning 17 years, Broad made many achievements and records in his name. Broad is the second highest wicket-taker in England cricket history after James Anderson.
Fifth most successful bowler in test cricket history
Stuart Broad is currently the fifth most successful bowler in Test cricket. However, Broad’s career was in danger at one point, when Yuvraj Singh hit him for six sixes in one over. Yuvraj hit 6 consecutive sixes in the 17th over during the T20 World Cup 2007 match against England. Broad is the first bowler to hit six sixes in an over in a T20 International match.
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