From hat-trick heroics to Ashes annihilation – Stuart Broad’s best Test displays

England bowler Stuart Broad has signed off from Test cricket in style, bringing the curtain down on an illustrious – and at times electrifying – career.

The 37-year-old took the last two wickets to fall as he headed into retirement in triumph in a 49-run win over Australia in the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval, ensuring the series ended 2-2.

Here, the PA news agency recalls some of Broad’s greatest displays in the longest format of the game.

Eight for 15, v Australia, Trent Bridge 2015

Hat-trick hero, 2011 and 2014

Six for 17, v South Africa, Johannesburg 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 and six for 50, v Australia, Chester-le-Street 2013

Six for 31 and four for 36, v West Indies, Old Trafford 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