Stuart Broad retires

[kevinw]

It's funny how every time there seemed to be an issue with Pietersen he was totally innocent and everyone else was in the wrong.

 

[Ali TT]

It's funny how every time there seemed to be an issue with Pietersen he was totally innocent and everyone else was in the wrong.

He's been retired eight years, let it go

 

[Howe_zat]

Has another bowler taken two international hat tricks?

The dismissal of Harbhajan, when he smashed the middle off it (and was given lbw but India refused to use DRS) was very good. England won a test they were way behind in.

Hugh Trumble, Jimmy Matthews and Wasim Akram all took two Test hat tricks as well as Broad.

When you include ODIs Wasim Akram has the most with 4, two in each format.

If you include T20I Malinga pips that with five, three in ODIs and two in T20I.

 

[GotSpin]

I’ll really miss broad. Good bowler but great entertainer

 

[Xuhaib]

A well deserved retirement for a very good cricketer.

If one has to describe English cricket over the last 15 years with one cricketer Broad would be the perfect example. “An exciting cricketer who would be box office entertainment when they would get on a roll but then would have fairly long periods of mediocrity and out of nowhere would get good again“

 

[Shri]

A truly pathetic post.

what is truly pathetic is all that influence of broad sr being wasted on a mediocre cricketer itbt

 

[Pothas]

I just realised this morning is the last time we see him bat. Devastating.

 

[Chin Music]

I only found out looking at the scorecard on cricinfo leaving the Oval yesterday. I think it is the right call. He would not be a good pick for India away and he probably feels this series is it. A valedictory five fer?

 

[trundler]

Has another bowler taken two international hat tricks?

Wasim and Malinga

 

[Daemon]

Can't wait for the chapter in his book about how he bullied Pietersen





Impossible Challenge: Find a thread where Spark doesn't claim to have said something first

I raise you @honestbharani

 

[GIMH]

what is truly pathetic is all that influence of broad sr being wasted on a mediocre cricketer itbt

Piss off will you Shri, you’ve gone beyond parody

 

[Adders]

what is truly pathetic is all that influence of broad sr being wasted on a mediocre cricketer itbt

You really do set a low bar with your posts Shri, but this......this is just the absolute worst of you.

 

[Shri]

relax its not like he's dead and i said he's not the best leg spinner in the world a month later

 

[the big bambino]

Well you guys did go big for Bring Back Shri so now you've got him.

 

[Line and Length]

what is truly pathetic is all that influence of broad sr being wasted on a mediocre cricketer itbt

Mediocrity is something you hold in spades.

 

[GIMH]

Well you guys did go big for Bring Back Shri so now you've got him.

I was against that campaign FTR

 

[Shady Slim]

how awesome that broad got to walk out with jimmeh as well eh

 

[Aidan11]

Broad doesn't have the same scriptwriter Botham had. Otherwise he'd have had a couple of wickets by now.

 

[Calm_profit]

I always felt he was better than Anderson in non-Asian conditions.

 

[Kirkut]

Not only he could take wickets he made sure he was a great entertainer too!