At 22, Stuart Broad is daddy of England bowling attack

July 5th, 2009 LONDON - England fast bowler Stuart Broad has urged upon the importance of getting stuck into the Aussies and putting pressure on them from the first ball of the Ashes series in Cardiff to have a vital impact. Broad highlighted the example of Steve Harmisson, who got stuck into the Aussies from the first ball of the 2005 series, following which England won the series 2-1, the News of the World reports.

May 26th, 2009 LONDON - England are learning to win without Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen, claims all-rounder Stuart Broad, 22. He insists that others thrive on the responsibility of performing when the two highest-profile players are missing.

May 20th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australia's selectors have named a 16-man squad to contest the five-Test Ashes series against England. "We think we have chosen an exciting blend of youth and experience," chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch said.

May 12th, 2009 LONDON - England fast bowler Stuard Broad aims to join James Anderson and fire England to Ashes glory this summer. Pace ace Broad is determined to make the most of being handed the new ball in Test cricket.

April 29th, 2009 SYDNEY - Australian fast bowler Stuart Clark has admitted that his chances of making it to the national squad for the forthcoming Ashes series against England could have been better served if he had had a stint with an English county rather than taking part in Australia's current one-day series against Pakistan. Seeking to build his workload after elbow surgery in December, Clark has so far bowled 11 overs in the series, eight in game one, rested for game two and three in a spin-dominated third match.

April 29th, 2009 LONDON - Michael Vaughan is unlikely to make it to the England team that is to play the West Indies when the squad is named on Wednesday morning. According to The Telegraph, the selectors have looked to reward form rather than past records, and this should be good news for Ian Bell, who is averaging 75 this season, and Ravi Bopara, who last week became the first Englishman to win a man-of-the-match award at the Indian Premier League.

April 8th, 2009 LONDON - Stuart Broad, who took 64 wickets and scored 464 runs this season, has pipped Kevin Pietersen as England's most valuable player. The Nottinghamshire all-rounder had 388 points, eight more than Pietersen.

March 25th, 2009 SYDNEY - Former Australian leg spinner Stuart MacGill has endorsed off-spinner Marcus North as the first-choice spinner against England and said specialist tweaker Bryce McGain was never in contention for the Ashes, even before his horrific debut against South Africa. MacGill, who took 208 Test wickets for Australia, said he would stick with North given there was enough grunt in the pace attack.

March 13th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Injured fast bowler Brett Lee's place in the Ashes 2009 squad is under serious threat after the unexpected success of Australia's pace attack against South Africa. Lee is slipping further down the queue with each impressive performance from the trio of Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus in the on going series against the Proteas.

January 22nd, 2009 LONDON - England cricketers rejoiced after their cricket board gave them the go-ahead to take three weeks off for the Indian Premier League (IPL), ending a months-old standoff between players and the game's administrators. Allrounders Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff are expected to lead the way for English cricketers headed for the IPL auction after having to sit out the opening Twenty20 championship on account of a clash in dates and an abortive bid by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to set up a rival tournament.

January 6th, 2009 LONDON - American rapper-turned-designer Puff Daddy said he does not like people dropping in at his home without prior information. 'I need some advance notice because when I am at home I just love to hang totally loose.

December 22nd, 2008 MOHALI - The dense fog played a spoil sport Tuesday as the second cricket Test between India and England headed towards a draw at lunch on the fifth and the last day at Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium here. After a two and half delayed start , Gautam Gambhir (80, 4x6) and Yuvraj Singh (79, 4x6 ,6x4) carried India to 216 runs for four wickets with a 367-run lead at the luncheon break.

December 22nd, 2008 MOHALI - Scoreboard at lunch on the fifth and the last day of the second cricket Test between India and England at Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium here Tuesday. India 1st innings:453 England 1st innings:302 India 2nd innings: (134/4 overnight) Gautam Gambhir not out 80 Virender Sehwag run out (Bell) 17 Rahul Dravid b Broad 0 Sachin Tendulkar c Swann b Anderson 5 V.V.S Laxman run out (Flintoff/Prior) 15 Yuvraj Singh not out 79 Extras (b 10, lb 3, w 5, nb 2) 20 Total (for 4 wickets in 63 overs) 216 Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Sehwag, 5.5 overs), 2-36 (Dravid, 11.6 ), 3-44 (Tendulkar, 19.4), 4-80 (Laxman, 38.1 ) Bowling: James Anderson 19 8 51 1 Stuart Broad 14 2 50 1 (3w) Andrew Flintoff 11 1 30 0 (2nb, 1w) Graeme Swann 12 2 35 0 Monty Panesar 7 0 37 0 Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and Daryl Harper (Australia) TV umpire: Suresh Shastri (India) Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)

December 22nd, 2008 MOHALI - The following is the final scoreboard on the fifth and the last day of the second cricket Test between India and England at Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium here Tuesday. SCOREBOARD: India 1st innings: 453 England 1st innings: 302 India 2nd innings (Overnight 134/4) Gautam Gambhir c Bell b Swann 97 Virender Sehwag run out (Bell) 17 Rahul Dravid b Broad 0 Sachin Tendulkar c Swann b Anderson 5 V.V.S.

December 22nd, 2008 MOHALI - The following is the scoreboard at tea on the fifth and the last day of the second cricket Test between India and England at Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium here Tuesday. SCOREBOARD: India 1st innings:453 England 1st innings:302 India 2nd innings (Overnight 134/4) Gautam Gambhir c Bell b Swann 97 Virender Sehwag run out (Bell) 17 Rahul Dravid b Broad 0 Sachin Tendulkar c Swann b Anderson 5 V.V.S.