England star pacer Stuart Broad lately hung his boots from all types of worldwide cricket. The fifth and ultimate Ashes Take a look at towards Australia final week was his final look in a worldwide match. In 167 Take a look at matches, Broad has taken a whopping whole of 604 wickets, changing into the fifth-highest wicket-taker in Exams and second for his aspect. Lately, the 37-year-old cricketer lavished reward on Pakistan star pacer Shaheen Afridi and referred to as him considered one of his “favorite” bowlers on the planet.

Broad acknowledged that he actually admires Shaheen and in addition hailed his pure skill to swing the ball.

“Shaheen Shah Afridi is considered one of my favourite bowlers to look at on the planet. He is received such a presence about him when he runs in, and I like to see bowlers run in with power and vibrancy to their run up,” Cricket Pakistan quoted Broad as saying.

“He is received such a pure ability – the best way that ball swings again into the right-handers is such a pleasure to look at. And he represented the Notts Outlaws this summer season, which is near my coronary heart. He is one of many bowlers I like vastly, and I need to see him do nicely,” he added.

Speaking about Shaheen, the Pakistan pacer had an excellent outing with the ball within the lately concluded Take a look at sequence towards Sri Lanka. He took six wickets in two matches the place Pakistan clinched the sequence 2-0.

At present, the 23-year-old pacer is representing Welsh fireplace within the ongoing The Hundred Males’s Competitors 2023. To this point, he has taken three wickets at an economic system of 8.00 and can be the joint second-highest wicket-taker within the event as nicely.

Coming again to Broad, he has performed 121 matches within the 50-over format and scalped 121 wickets. His finest bowling effort within the 50-over format to this point is 5/23 whereas in T20Is, he has 65 wickets in 56 matches, together with his finest being 4/24. He’s the fourth-highest wicket-taker for England in ODIs.

In the meantime, within the T20I format, he has performed 56 matches and brought 65 wickets with a median of twenty-two.93. He’s the third-highest wicket-taker for England within the shortest format of the sport. He additionally was a part of England’s ICC T20 World Cup profitable crew in 2010.

(With ANI Inputs)