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England's Stuart Broad has go conscionable the 2nd gait bowler to instrumentality 600 wickets successful Test cricket.
Broad, 36, reached the people by removing Australia's Travis Head connected time 1 of the 4th Ashes Test astatine Old Trafford.
England team-mate James Anderson is the lone different speedy bowler to execute the feat.
Broad is 5th connected the all-time database and Anderson third, with spinners Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne and Anil Kumble completing the apical five.
Nottinghamshire bowler Broad made his debut against Sri Lanka successful Colombo 2007, going connected to marque 166 Test appearances to day and beryllium portion of 4 Ashes-winning sides.
He began the Old Trafford Test connected 598 wickets but moved to 599 erstwhile helium trapped Usman Khawaja lbw, earlier bringing up 600 erstwhile Head was caught by Joe Root connected the boundary.
| Bowler | Wickets | Tests |
| Muttiah Muralitharan (SL & ICC) | 800 | 133 |
| Shane Warne (Aus) | 708 | 145 |
| James Anderson (Eng) | 688 | 182 |
| Anil Kumble (Ind) | 619 | 132 |
| Stuart Broad (Eng)* | 600 | 166 |
| Glenn McGrath (Aus) | 563 | 124 |
| * Correct astatine clip of Broad's 600th Test wicket |
Broad's magic spells
Stuart Broad famously covered his rima successful daze arsenic helium ripped done the Australia batting line-up astatine Trent Bridge successful 2015Broad is known for his devastating spells of bowling that crook matches successful England's favour, including famously astatine his location crushed Trent Bridge successful 2015 erstwhile helium took 8-15 to vessel retired Australia for 60.
He besides took 5-5 successful conscionable 5.1 overs against India astatine the aforesaid crushed successful 2011, including his archetypal Test lucifer hat-trick arsenic MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar fell successful successive deliveries.
Broad, who is the lad of erstwhile England batter Chris, is besides good known for the clasp helium seemingly has implicit David Warner, having dismissed the Australia opener 17 times during his career.
Only 2 different players person dismissed a azygous batter much successful Test cricket.
A 2nd hat-trick against Sri Lanka successful 2014 besides means helium is the lone England bowler to instrumentality 2 Test hat-tricks.
| Glenn McGrath (Aus) v Michael Atherton (Eng) | 19 |
| Alec Bedser (Eng) v Arthur Morris (Aus) | 18 |
| Curtly Ambrose (WI) v Michael Atherton (Eng) | 17 |
| Courtney Walsh (WI) v Michael Atherton (Eng) | 17 |
| Stuart Broad (Eng) v David Warner (Aus) | 17 |
Broad has besides played 121 one-day internationals and 56 T20s successful his career. Overall, helium has taken 843 planetary wickets crossed each 3 formats, putting him seventh connected the all-time list.
In 2016 helium was awarded an MBE successful the Queen's Birthday Honours database for services to cricket.
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