FIVE OF THE BEST

8-15 v AUSTRALIA, 1st innings of 4th Test, Trent Bridge, August 2015 Plenty riding on his performance with Jimmy Anderson absent, took his 300th wicket with the third ball of the Test. Within 19, he had claimed the equal fastest five-wicket haul in the first innings of Test history and finished with figures of 9.3-5-15-8. His finest hour. 6-17 v SOUTH AFRICA, 2nd innings of 3rd Test, Johannesburg, January 2016 Another remarkable spell reduces South Africa to rubble – bowled out for 83, their lowest innings total since readmission. His 6-17 included an unplayable burst of five wickets for one run in 31 balls and the solitary run he did concede came off a dropped catch. 7-44 v NEW ZEALAND, 2nd Innings of 1st Test, Lord’s May 2013 Defending just 238 after an England second innings collapse, Broad’s superb spell blew away New Zealand with career-best figures of 7-44 as England surged to a 170-run victory. 6-25 v INDIA, 1st innings of 4th Test, Old Trafford, August 2014

In tandem with swing bowling partner Anderson, Broad claimed six wickets for 25 in 13.4 overs, removing India captain MS Dhoni and rattling through the tail – half a dozen India batsmen were dismissed without scoring. 6-81 v AUSTRALIA, 1st innings of 1st Test

Brisbane November 2013 Labelled a “smug pommy cheat” by the Aussie press and baited by the ‘Gabbatoir’ crowd for his refusal to walk after nicking it to slip in the previous home Ashes, Broad thrived on all the negative attention and exacted his revenge, taking 6-81 in the first innings.