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Full name Stuart Christopher John Broad
Born June 24, 1986, Nottingham
Current age 21 years 324 days
Major teams England, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire
Nickname Broady
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height 6 ft 5 in
Education Oakham School
Relations Father - BC Broad

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	3	5	1	92	42	23.00	183	50.27	0	9	2	3
ODIs	26	18	11	208	45*	29.71	301	69.10	0	13	3	7
T20Is	10	6	2	12	6	3.00	13	92.30	0	1	0	3
First-class	39	48	12	812	91*	22.55	1777	45.69	5			12
List A	42	23	12	243	45*	22.09	369	65.85	0	15	3	9
Twenty20	19	6	2	12	6	3.00	13	92.30	0	1	0	4

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	3	5	720	345	9	3/54	5/132	38.33	2.87	80.0	0	0
ODIs	26	26	1314	1115	38	4/51	4/51	29.34	5.09	34.5	1	0
T20Is	10	10	228	338	11	3/37	3/37	30.72	8.89	20.7	0	0
First-class	39		6483	3834	131	5/67		29.26	3.54	49.4	5	6
List A	42		2072	1775	61	4/51	4/51	29.09	5.13	33.9	1	0
Twenty20	19	19	438	510	25	3/13	3/13	20.40	6.98	17.5	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (SSC), Dec 9-13, 2007 scorecard
Last Test	New Zealand v England at Napier, Mar 22-26, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	England v Pakistan at Cardiff, Aug 30, 2006 scorecard
Last ODI	New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 23, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 7, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	2005
Last First-class	Nottinghamshire v Kent at Nottingham, May 7-10, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	2005
Last List A	Ireland v Nottinghamshire at Dublin, Apr 27, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire at Leicester, Jun 27, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 7, 2008 scorecard

Profile

Stuart Broad was shaping up to be an opening bat just like his dad Chris, until he suddenly shot up. Within 18 months he had transformed himself into a medium-fast bowler and was playing for England Under-19 and Leicestershire's first XI. A few months later and he's gone from England's A team to a call-up to the full one-day side. Talk about a meteoric rise.

"I thought I may as well try bowling because I can't just stand around in the field all day," he shrugged - and promptly took 9 for 72 for England Under-19s in ODIs against Sri Lanka and 30 first-class wickets at 27.69 in ten matches in 2005.

But his game could yet change, again: he has aspirations to be an allrounder, ideally at the top level, of course. He seems made of the right mental stuff. "My main ambition is to play for England but I can't do that without doing the little things I do tomorrow."

Progress so far has been good. At the age of just 19, he was called into the England A set-up in the West Indies to replace James Anderson who flew out to bolster the seniors in India and was twice selected for England A during the 2006 season.

His early performances for the one-day team, against Pakistan, were promising but he was left out of the Champions Trophy 14, but more out of a feeling of not wanting to push him too hard, too soon. He was named in the Academy team to be based in Perth during the Ashes and by the end of the winter he had joined the World Cup squad in the Caribbean. Injury deprived him of a Test debut in May 2007, but he marked his return to the one-day side with 3 for 20 against West Indies at Lord's, and he was then announced in England's squad for the first Test against India in July. His stock continued to rise on tour with England in Sri Lanka when his 11 cheap wickets helped them to a 3-2 series victory. He was then called up for the subsequent Test series in December, making his debut on a slab of Colombo concrete and toiling for 36 sweaty overs. The subsequent tour of New Zealand proved to be his making, however. With Matthew Hoggard and Steve Harmison both lacking form, he was selected for the Wellington Test. The decision was immediately vindicated, if not with a huge match-haul then certainly by the composure and control he showed. The following Test in Napier, however, demonstrated his immense allround talent. A vital 42 helped prop up England's first innings before he took 3 for 54, testing all New Zealand's batsmen with pace and bounce. A diving catch at backward square leg confirmed, if there were any doubts, that England had found themselves a Test cricketer of rare class and even rarer composure.
Jenny Thompson April 2008