Stuart Broad produced a brilliant display with the pink ball at Mount Maunganui, clean bowling four of New Zealand’s top five in a single spell to all but settle the Test in England’s favour on day three.
Here, the PA news agency recalls some of Broad’s previous greatest Test displays.
Eight for 15, v Australia, Trent Bridge 2015
Hat-trick hero, 2011 and 2014
Six for 17, v South Africa, Johannesburg 2016
Broad tops ICC Test Bowling Rankings for first time after 6-17 in Johannesburg: https://t.co/vrAnPMUEnr #SAvENG pic.twitter.com/m2lAwkOQ6g
— Nottinghamshire CCC (@TrentBridge) January 17, 2016
This was another unstoppable Broad special. England had eked out a 10-run first-innings lead at the Wanderers, but South Africa’s openers Dean Elgar and Stiaan van Zyl appeared set to lay a decent foundation second time round – until Broad seized the moment again. In under 10 overs, he had the first five wickets. It was he too who completed the rout when he had Faf du Plessis last out, caught-and-bowled, as South Africa mustered just 83. England went on to win by seven wickets inside three days, wrapping up the series with a match to spare.
Five for 71 & six for 50, v Australia, Chester-le-Street 2013
Six for 31 & four for 36, v West Indies, Old Trafford 2020
Stuart Broad joined an elite club of bowlers to have claimed 500 Test wickets when he dismissed Kraigg Brathwaite earlier today.
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— ICC (@ICC) July 28, 2020
A brilliant outing, which saw Broad seal player of the match, player of the series, take a 10-wicket match haul and become just the seventh bowler in history to claim 500 Test scalps. Broad’s name was all over this encounter, even chipping in 62 with the bat for good measure. After the match he made it clear the landmark was not a parting gift to English cricket and he has lived up to his word, going strong three years down the line.
Five for 37, v Australia, The Oval 2009
