Stuart Broad takes 600th Test wicket after dismissing Australia’s Travis Head in fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford
- England bowler Stuart Broad has become the fifth man to take 600 Test wickets
- The veteran, 37, dismissed Australian Travis Head at Old Trafford on Wednesday
- Broad’s heroics came on the first day of the fourth Ashes Test in Manchester
England bowler Stuart Broad has taken his 600th Test wicket against Australia on Wednesday, becoming just the fifth man to reach the milestone.
The veteran, 37, claimed the scalp of visiting batter Travis Head on the first day of the fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford.
Broad, who started the game on 598, had earlier taken the wicket of Australian opener Usman Khawaja, lbw for three runs, to move to 599.
That raised the tantalising prospect of dismissing his ‘bunny’ David Warner, who he has dismissed 17 times – a record among active players – though Warner was caught by Jonny Bairstow off the bowling of Chris Woakes.
Seamer Broad, son of former England cricketer Chris, bowled a rising ball at Head, who pulled to Joe Root in the deep to achieve the hugely impressive feat.
England bowler Stuart Broad has taken his 600th Test wicket against Australia on Wednesday
He becomes just the second seamer and the second Englishman to get there, after team-mate James Anderson, 40, who is currently on 688 wickets at the time of writing.
Ironically, his delivery to remove Head came from the James Anderson End at the famous Lancashire ground in Manchester.
His 100th wicket was Sri Lankan Thisara Perera, his 200th Australian icon Michael Clarke, his 300th Aussie Chris Rogers, his 400th New Zealand’s Tom Latham and his 500th West Indian Kraigg Braithwaite.
Broad’s 600 wickets, 16 years after his first cap in Sri Lanka, have come at an average of a little more than 27.
The Head dismissal took him to 149 wickets in Tests against Australia, nudging him into the all-time lead, one ahead of legendary all-rounder Ian Botham, who is on 148.
Incidentally, Broad is also fifth on the all-time list for Test match appearances, on 166, with Anderson in third on 182.
The Nottinghamshire star is set to overtake Australians Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting, who are both on 168, in the not-too-distant future.
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