Stuart Broad Cricket Star 2011 Profile,Bio & Images

Monday, September 19, 2011

Stuart Broad Cricket Star 2011 Profile,Bio & Images

Stuart Broad

Profile:

Full name: Stuart Christopher John Broad
Born: June 24, 1986, Nottingham
Current age: 25 years 87 days
Major teams: England, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire
Nickname: Broady
Playing role: Bowler
Batting style: Left-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast-medium
Height: 6 ft 5 in
Education: Oakham School
Relation Father: - BC Broad

Biography:

With his blond hair and baby-faced good looks, Stuart Broad was already looking like becoming the Next Big Thing of English cricket when he pushed his career into overdrive in a sensational spell of bowling in the fifth and decisive Ashes Test at The Oval in 2009. With the series in the balance, Broad claimed figures of 5 for 37 in 12 overs, including 4 for 8 in 21 balls, and after that there was no coming back for Australia.

After a steady rise towards being one of England's key bowlers the 2010-11 winter, which should have been a major moment in his career, was a disappointment as injury struck for the first time. He was ruled out of the last three Ashes Tests then broke down again during the World Cup. However, his significance in England's future was confirmed when he was named Twenty20 captain in May 2011.

In his early cricketing career, Broad had been shaping up to be an opening bat just like his dad Chris, until he suddenly shot up. Within 18 months he had transformed himself into a medium-fast bowler and was playing for England Under-19 and Leicestershire's first XI. A few months later and he's gone from England's A team to a call-up to the full one-day side. Talk about a meteoric rise.

"I thought I may as well try bowling because I can't just stand around in the field all day," he shrugged - and promptly took 9 for 72 for England Under-19s in ODIs against Sri Lanka and 30 first-class wickets at 27.69 in ten matches in 2005.

But those early years as a batsman did not go amiss. After his first eight Tests, he had racked up three half-centuries from the pivotal No. 8 position, and push his Test average above 40 - a mark his father (39.54) just missed out on over the course of his 25-match career.

At the age of just 19, he was called into the England A set-up in the West Indies to replace James Anderson who flew out to bolster the seniors in India and was twice selected for England A during the 2006 season.

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