Broad pleased with his maiden Test ton
Stuart Broad is delighted after his maiden Test century helped turn England’s series finale against Pakistan on its head at Lord’s on Friday. Stuart Broad was pleased to get his name on the Lord’s honour board.
England team was 102 for the loss of seven wickets when Broad and Trott Joined together and they score 190 runs so far between them. Both have scored centuries for England. Broad Just completed his century and it was first test century for him.
He has scored a century while batting at number 9 and he becomes 14th player to score century at number 9 position. England team was loosing the battle as they lost to many early wickets. S Broad hit 11 fours and a six in his inning of 121 so far. He is accompanied by Jonathan Trott who is not out on 141 runs. He has hit 15 fours in his inning. England is 334 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. These two batsmen really took England out of difficulties.
“It’s a feeling I’ll remember for the rest of my life, and it’s nice to be the first Broad up on that honours board,” said Stuart.
Broad added that he was especially pleased by the way he’d managed his innings. “In my mind I wanted to play quite freely, because it’s doing a bit here, and anyone who tried to hang around was gone so I had a licence to have a look,” explained the 24-year-old after reaching three figures for the first time in what is his 32nd Test.
“But I also knew that if we were 100 all out this Test series was going to be 2-2. I wanted to be aggressive and take the attack to the bowlers, but I had to do it in a manner that I didn’t give my wicket away cheaply. And I think I managed that.”
He also paid tribute to No 3 Trott, whose hundred was his third in 13 Tests, saying: “He was out there for the whole collapse and saw the ball nipping around. That can easily get in a batsman’s mind. But he played with such clarity and picked up anything that was slightly a bad ball and put it away,”
“It is a special effort, and we all know what a great temperament he has. “However, Broad insisted the result of this match was far from certain. “We’re certainly not ahead in this game just yet. We need to make sure we get some good runs tomorrow (Saturday).”
England lost their middle-order trio of Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood and Eoin Morgan by Aamer and Broad said: “There have been moments of magical bowling in this series. Aamer this morning was splendid. Some of those deliveries he bowled to the left-handers were brilliant.”
Broad insisted this collapse would have no bearing on England’s defence of the Ashes in Australia, which starts in November. “I don’t think anyone in the England camp is particularly worried about the lack of runs in the middle order, because we know they’re all world-class players – and it doesn’t affect anything for the Ashes.”
