In what will go down as one of the great cricket interviews of our times, Stuart Broad minced no words when he spoke to Sky Sports during ...
In what will go down as one of the great cricket interviews of our times, Stuart Broad minced no words when he spoke to Sky Sports during the course of the first Test against West Indies in Southampton.
Frustrated at being dropped for the series-opener, Broad, who had last missed a home Test eight years ago when he was rested against West Indies in 2012, said he was gutted.
“I’ve been frustrated, angry and gutted - because it’s quite a hard decision to understand. I’ve probably bowled the best I’ve ever bowled in the last couple of years. I felt like it was my shirt having been in the team through the Ashes and going to South Africa and winning there,” he added.
The 34-year-old, who finished as the team’s top wicket-taker in the Ashes last year and in the previous series in South Africa, was speaking with a calmness of someone who knew clearly what he was saying. And it was what he said next, with a twinkle in his eye, that stands out now.
“It is hard to take but also I’m quite pleased I feel frustrated and feel gutted and angry because if I didn’t I’d have a different decision to...
