England pacer Stuart Broad announces retirement after the Ashes: Stuart Broad, the England bowler, has declared his retirement from the game. After the ongoing Ashes series, he will retire from the game. Broad announced the decision at the end of the third day of the fifth Ashes Test at the Oval. The 37-year-old has appeared in 167 Test matches and taken 602 wickets. He has also played in 121 One-Day Internationals and 56 Twenty-20 Internationals.
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Career of Stuart Broad
Broad, who made his Test debut against Sri Lanka in 2007, will go down as one of the great pacers in the sport – he sits at fifth on the all-time list of wicket-takers, and is one of only two fast bowlers to take over 600 wickets, alongside long-time bowling partner Jimmy Anderson.
He is the only English player with two hat-tricks to his name in Test cricket. His finest hour in Test cricket came against his arch-rivals Australia when put himself in cricketing folklore with a stunning 8/15 at Trent Bridge in 2015. Broad was still blazing on all cylinders at 37 years old, but he decided to call it quits while he was still at the top of his game, telling the captain of his decision last night.
