Broad fires warning to ECB over player burnoutNovember 9th, 2009 LONDON - England all-rounder Stuart Broad, who jarred a shoulder in the opening match of the tour to South Africa on Friday, has urged the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to take preventive steps to avoid possible player burnout. "Burnout is a massive issue.
Broad says his aim is to play IPL, 100 Tests for EnglandNovember 8th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - England all-rounder Stuart Broad has said that his long term aim is to play 100 Tests for his country and in the Indian Premier League (IPL), besides being a good number seven bat for the team in the longer version of the game. "If England want me to go in at No 7, I'm always working very hard at my batting.
Broad to play in IPL on his own termsSeptember 8th, 2009 LONDON - England's new poster boy after the Ashes victory Stuart Broad, who turned down approaches from the Indian Premier League (IPL) last year so that he could prepare for a busy summer in 2009, will play the mega event if his body permits. The other temptations will take a back seat.
Broad not keen on taking Flintoff's place in Test teamSeptember 8th, 2009 LONDON - England's Ashes hero Stuart Broad doesn't want to replicate all rounder Andrew Flintoff in his life and is not even that keen on taking Flintoff's place at No.7 in the Test team. "No one can replace Fred.
England's Ashes heroes angry and frustrated over playing against IrelandAugust 26th, 2009 LONDON - Six of England's Ashes-winning heroes flew to Ireland last night for a match that has left them angry and frustrated. They believe it is ridiculous they must play a one-day international in Belfast tomorrow in the same week as their epic win over the Aussies at The Oval.
England Ashes heroes' 10,000 pound all night booze benderAugust 25th, 2009 LONDON - England's victorious cricketers went on a marathon drinking session after their Ashes triumph, with man of the match Stuart Broad and his teammates drying the hotel bar twice during the party which went on till 5 in the morning. The heroes ran up a bill of more than 10,000 pounds after piling into the booze still dressed in cricket whites.
England's aim is to become No.1 Test team: BroadAugust 25th, 2009 LONDON - Fast bowler Stuart Broad, who was man of the match in Sunday's 197-run series-clinching win over Australia at The Oval, has said that England's aim is to become the No.1 Test team following their 2-1 Ashes series triumph. But Broad warned that he and England have much more to prove yet.
Botham drinks to dawn of great new era for English cricketAugust 24th, 2009 LONDON - Former England captain Ian Botham has described the Ashes series victory as a perfect pick-me-up for the country as a whole, and he is ready to drink to the dawn of great new era for English cricket. "This Ashes win has come along to put smiles on the faces of a nation and give everybody something to be happy about at a time when there is just so much doom and gloom elsewhere," he writes in an article for The Mirror.
Brutally exposed Australia staring down the barrel in Oval Test: RoebuckAugust 23rd, 2009 SYDNEY - Noted cricket columnist Peter Roebuck believes Australia's weaknesses have been brutally exposed in the fifth and final Ashes Test at The Oval and the urn seems destined to change hands for the third time in three series. While accepting that two dreadful umpiring decisions had gone against Australia in the game, he said: "Plain and simple the visitors were blown apart by the late movement unleashed by a lanky speedster (Stuart Broad) prepared to attack the sticks.
Katich vows Aussie fight back in Oval TestAugust 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Australian opener Simon Katich has predicted a fierce Australian fight back in the Ashes decider after England's Stuart Broad blitzed the touring side's batting line-up at The Oval. Some 23 years after his father Chris batted England to victory in the 1986-87 Ashes series, Stuart put his side on track for more glory by capturing 5-19 in 47 balls in a superb 12-over spell in London.
Cricket legends upset over 'overcooked' Oval pitchAugust 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Former cricketers have criticized the curator of the pitch at The Oval for creating a surface solely for the purpose of ensuring a result in the fifth and final Ashes Test. By the close of play on day two, 23 wickets had fallen and Australia trailed by 230 runs.
England flops told to play county cricket before Oval finaleAugust 11th, 2009 LONDON - England's cricket selectors have sent five of their under performing players back to play for their counties in an attempt to find some form ahead of next week's decisive fifth Ashes Test at The Oval. Batsmen Alastair Cook, Ravi Bopara, Ian Bell, and bowlers Graeme Swann and Graham Onions will all turn out for their counties this week.
Stuart Broad wants to win Ashes to shut up his dadJune 24th, 2009 LONDON - England's fast bowler Stuart Broad wants to help his team regain Ashes, in order to stop his dad Chris from talking about his triumph against Australia 22 years ago. Broad has grown up knowing all about the glory of winning the Ashes, because his father keeps telling him, The Sun reports.
Broad banned from trying to distract batsmen as he runs into bowlJune 13th, 2009 LONDON - England's fast bowler Stuart Broad has been banned by World Twenty20 officials from trying to distract batsmen as he runs into bowl. road's tactic was outlawed, because the umpires and match referees, think it is unacceptable gamesmanship.
Broad says there is no new-ball rivalry with Jimmy AndersonJune 2nd, 2009 LONDON - England pacer Stuart Broad has said that there is no new-ball rivalry between himself and Jimmy Anderson. "There is no rivalry.
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