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• Stuart Broad says he's improving with age after 501st Test wicket

  28-07-2020 20:50
  
  The 34-year-old took 16 wickets in series win over West Indies ‘Compare my last 18 months to my career ... it’s way better’Stuart Broad plans to follow his “idol” Jimmy Anderson by ploughing on in Test cricket for some time yet, after he burst through the 500-wicket barrier as the driving force behind England’s 2-1 series victory against West Indies.Broad had questioned where his career was going after the 34-year-old was left out of the first Test in Southamp
  
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• 'Jimmy is my idol': Broad says he is improving with age like Anderson

  28-07-2020 20:50
  
  The 34-year-old joins 500 club in series win over West Indies ‘Compare my last 18 months to my career ... it’s way better’Stuart Broad plans to follow his “idol” Jimmy Anderson by ploughing on in Test cricket for some time yet, after he burst through the 500-wicket barrier as the driving force behind England’s 2-1 series victory against West Indies.Broad had questioned where his career was going after the 34-year-old was left out of the first Test in Southampt
  
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• Stuart Broad: Chris Broad, Alastair Cook & Michael Vaughan on England's 500-wicket bowler

  28-07-2020 20:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nottingham Forest fan, wannabe rapper and terrible golf chipper, this is Stuart Broad by those who know him best.
  
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• England v West Indies: Stuart Broad's incredible series against West Indies

  28-07-2020 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stuart Broad bounces back from being dropped in the first Test to take his 500th Test wicket and be named man of the series against West Indies.
  
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• Jason Holder hopes England will tour West Indies by end of the year

  28-07-2020 19:14
  
  West Indies captain says visit would ‘help keep us afloat’‘Now more than ever highlights the differences in finances’English cricket owes West Indies a debt of gratitude for saving the summer and now Jason Holder hopes this is turned into a reciprocal tour before the end of the year and more Caribbean players furthering their experience in county cricket.West Indies spent seven weeks in the UK confined to the two on-site hotels at the Rose Bowl and Old Trafford, having ag
  
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• Keeping score of gender inequalities | Brief letters

  28-07-2020 18:48
  
  Women’s representation | Cricket | Garlic | Fake news and mothsIt isn’t surprising that women are getting such a raw deal and feeling left out during the pandemic (UK working mothers are ‘sacrificial lambs’ in coronavirus childcare crisis, 24 July). Priti Patel is the only woman in the upper echelons of the government. Where it matters, there’s virtually no one to speak up for women and little recognition of the huge contribution they make to the country’s eco
  
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• Broad joins the 500 club: still angry, still fiery and still getting better | Andy Bull

  28-07-2020 18:43
  
  Since making an impression for England’s under-19s in 2005, Stuart Broad’s style has been evolving while he also keeps taking plenty of wicketsThe Sunday after the Lord’s Test in 2005, England’s under-19 team played a one-day game against Sri Lanka at New Road. It was a forgettable business except that Chris Broad’s boy, Stuart, was making his debut and the few spectators there were all chatting about it. He would have stood out anyway, since he was so big and had a
  
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• England v West Indies: Chris Woakes picks up five wickets against the West Indies

  28-07-2020 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch all five of Chris Woakes' wickets from the final day of the last Test against the West Indies as England regain the Wisden Trophy at Old Trafford.
  
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• England v West Indies: Chris Woakes and Stuart Broad run through West Indies to seal series win

  28-07-2020 17:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chris Woakes and Stuart Broad combine with the ball as England beat West Indies by 269 runs to regain the Wisden Trophy at Old Trafford.
  
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• England beat West Indies by 269 runs to win third Test and series – as it happened

  28-07-2020 17:00
  
  Broad took his 500 Test wicket and Woakes a five-fer as England skittled West Indies for 129 to seal the Wisden TrophyThe Spin: County cricket’s return is perfect Willis tribute 4.00pm BST Right then, I’ll be off. It’s been, in the circumstances, an excellent series. Here’s to having one with fans, soonish. And here’s Vic Marks’ report on England’s victory. Bye!In the end the West Indies, a noble team that has helped to rescue what might have been an utt
  
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• Broad reaches 500 as England demolish West Indies and regain Wisden Trophy

  28-07-2020 16:55
  
  Third Test, day five: England 369 & 226-2dec; WI 197 & 129Woakes takes five, Broad claims 10 wickets in matchIn the end the West Indies, a noble team that has helped to rescue what might have been an utterly barren summer, ran out of steam. They were bowled out for 129 as briskly as the chill wind sweeping across the ground, occasionally bringing scudding showers. So England won the match by 269 runs and the series 2-1 to retain the Wisden Trophy forever.Here the weather was England&rsqu
  
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• England v West Indies: Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes inspire England to victory

  28-07-2020 16:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stuart Broad's 500th Test wicket sends England on the way to completing a series victory over West Indies on the final day of the third Test at Emirates Old Trafford.
  
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• England v West Indies: Stuart Broad picks up final wicket as England beat the West Indies

  28-07-2020 16:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stuart Broad takes the final wicket, and his tenth of the match, as England beat the West Indies to regain the Wisden Trophy at Old Trafford.
  
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• England beat West Indies by 269 runs to win third Test and series – live!

  28-07-2020 16:10
  
  Broad passes 500 Test wickets, Woakes takes five-ferThe Spin: County cricket’s return is perfect Willis tributeGet in touch! Email Simon or tweet @Simon_Burnton 3.10pm BST More from Broad, and very well said:It would be wrong of me not to say a huge thankyou to the West Indies team, because without them, the sacrifice they made, coming over on the third or fourth of June, living biosecure for that amount of time, this summer wouldn’t be possible without them so a huge thankyou from a
  
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• England v West Indies: Dom Bess runs out Roston Chase

  28-07-2020 15:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A direct hit from Dom Bess leaves Roston Chase well short of his ground in the final Test between England and the West Indies at Old Trafford.
  
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• The Spin | County cricket's life-affirming return is perfect tribute to Bob Willis

  28-07-2020 13:16
  
  Willis longed for a leaner structure that would attract more fans. The new tournament named in his honour fits the bill“On the day that the 1978 cricket season ended, I managed at once to feel satisfaction, gratitude, regret, depression – and overwhelming fatigue.” So wrote Bob Willis in his Diary of a Cricket Season – as straight-talking on paper as he was in his later role as gimlet-eyed deliverer of withering Verdicts on Sky.It makes an intriguing read as the Bob Willi
  
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• England v West Indies: Stuart Broad takes his 500th Test Wicket

  28-07-2020 13:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stuart Broad dismisses Kraigg Brathwaite to take the 500th Test Wicket of his career in the final Test between England and the West Indies at Old Trafford.
  
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• England v West Indies: third Test, day five – live!

  28-07-2020 10:36
  
  Live updates from the final day of the Test seriesAndy Bull: Burns and Sibley may be Ashes answerGet in touch! Email Tanya or tweet @tjaldred 9.31am BST For anyone involved in the enjoyable OBO debate yesterday about the 2005 attack v 2020 vintage, here is Vic’s take - albeit referencing 2008. Related: Broad and England can call on spirit of 2008 in hunt for final-day victory9.29am BST Here we go again! Welcome to the final day of the Test series between England and West Indies with the se
  
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• England v West Indies: BBC Sport cricket team thank West Indies after Test series in time of coronavirus

  28-07-2020 08:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport's radio and TV team thank the West Indies for their role in a brilliant series played out in unusual circumstances during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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