Stuart Broad completes 500 wickets in Test cricket and joins the club in style

Stuart Broad completes 500 wickets in Test cricket

New Delhi: During the last Test match of the series at Old Trafford, Stuart Broad completes 500 wickets in Test cricket, making him the second England bowler and the 7th bowler in the world. He achieved this position in his th test. He has touched this figure in 140 matches and 258 innings. West Indies all-rounder Craig Braithwaite became his 500th victim, with Broad lbw him out.

When the England-West Indies Test series was started, the number of Test wickets of Stuart Broad was 485. On 8 July, the first Test match of the series was played between England and West Indies, which did not include Broad. But he was given a chance in both Manchester Test matches, which he took advantage of well.

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In Test cricket, taking 500 wickets is considered a big point. If you go through the record book, you will find that only 6 bowlers have achieved this feat. Muttiah Muralitharan has taken 800 wickets, Shane Warne 708, Anil Kumble 619, James Anderson 589, Glenn McGrath 563 and Courtney Walls 519. In Test, 500 wickets were first taken by Courtney Walls of West Indies.

Impressed by veteran fast bowler Stuart Broad's performance, former England captain Michael Atherton said that the 'champion player' has the ability to take 600 Test wickets. Broad proved himself once again by performing brilliantly in the current series against the West Indies. Broad, who was ignored for the first match of the 3-match Test series, performed brilliantly in the remaining two Tests.

Atherton wrote in his column on 'Sky Sports' that,' The champion player is not identified with how he got out of the team but rather how he made a comeback as we have in this series of Broad Watching along. When you are outside (from the team), you get to know a little more about yourself. Some players think that his career is over, but Broad has shown his stamina that he is not satisfied with 500 wickets, he wants to take 600 wickets. '

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Broad, England's second most successful batsman in Test cricket, expressed displeasure at not featuring himself in the final 11 in the first Test. He returned in the second Test and played a key role in the team's return in the series by taking 6 wickets.

Atherton had said that he had said a lot after being eliminated from the first Test played at the Aegis Bowl but he proved himself with his performance. When you look at the way he bowled in this match, you will feel that every ball is going to get wicket.

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