Broad becomes seventh player ever to claim five wickets and score century at Lord’s
Broad becomes seventh player ever to claim five wickets and score century at Lord’s London, May 18(ANI): Stuart Broad became only the seventh player in history to both take five wickets in a Test innings at Lord’s and score a Test century at the ground after he ended the first day with figures of six for 72 against the West Indies on Thursday. Broad’s best batting knock of 169 in a Test match against Pakistan was also achieved at Lord’s two years ago. He is the fifth English player to get his name on both Lord’s batting and bowling honours boards, following in the paths of Ian Botham and Andrew Flintoff. Broad said it was a huge honour for him to follow in the footsteps of Botham and Flintoff, but claiming nine wickets on the first day was much more important. “To follow Fred (Flintoff) and Beefy (Botham) in the [...]
