Stuart Christopher John Broad

Stuart Christopher John Broad is an English cricketer who plays Test for the England cricket team and a former ODI and T20 captain who is known for his ability to make bounce on the most lucrative surfaces. He made his international debut in a match against Pakistan in 2006. It was a T20 match, and he did quite well and missed hat-trick narrowly. His ODI debut was also against Pakistan in 2006, while in his first Test, he played against Sri Lanka in 2007. Stuart received the captaincy of the national team in 2014 where he was selected to lead the England team on the West Indies tour and also for the T20I World Cup.

Some of his major career achievements:

• He has 485 test wickets, 178 ODI wickets and 65 T20I wickets under his belt.
• Voted Cricket Writers’ Club Young Cricketer of the Year in 2006.
• Bestowed with 2005, 2006 and 2007 NBC Denis Compton Award.
• Became the PCA England's Most Valuable Player in 2008-09 season.
• Record 8th wicket partnership for England in an ODI with Ravi Bopara against India in 2007.
• England's leading wicket-taker in the Ashes 2009 Series with 18 wickets.