Stuart Broad's Unforgettable Records in International Cricket

Veteran England pacer Stuart Broad called time on his international career in order to give chance to the young guns of the team. He will retire from all formats of the game after the ongoing fifth Test of the Ashes 2023.

The right-handed bowler has been the vanguard of modern generation English cricket. Broad has retired after being the second leading wicket-taker among pacers. He is one among the four players to have an all-round record of 4000+ international runs and 800+ wickets. He has played 167 Test matches and has aggregated 604 wickets, while in ODIs he has picked 178 wickets in 121 games. Broad has even played 56 T20Is and has picked 65 wickets.

Broad enjoyed bowling in the recent Ashes with 22 wickets at a strike rate of 49.1. Broad holds the record for taking the most wickets against Australia in Test cricket, aggregating more than 150 scalps to his name. Broad is one among the two pacers to have taken 600 or more wickets in Test cricket.

Meanwhile let us look at the stats and numbers from Stuart Broad’s career

604 -Stuart Broad has aggregated 604 wickets in Tests, the second most wickets by fast bowler in the longest format, Only James Anderson is ahead of him with 690 wickets.

4 -Broad has aggregated 845 wickets in international cricket, the fourth most by a pace bowler across formats. James Anderson (977), Glenn McGrath (949) and Wasim Akram (916) are the first three in the list.

2 -Stuart Broad has taken 396 wickets at home, the second most by a pacer at home in Tests. Anderson is only ahead to him with 434 home wickets.

153 -Stuart Broad has aggregated 153 wickets in Ashes, the most wickets by a England bowler in Ashes.

847 -Stuart Broad has taken 847 wickets overall in international cricket, the second most by England bowler across formats. Anderson tops the list with 977 wickets

167 -Stuart Broad has represented England in 167 Test matches, the second most number of matches by England player, Anderson tops the list with 183 games.

17 -Stuart Broad has dismissed David Warner 17 times in Tests, the most for him against a batter.

48 -Broad has taken 4+ wickets in Test innings for 48 times, the second most by England bowler. Only Anderson is ahead of him with 64 times.