
The cliche ‘one of those days’, is often associated with Stuart Broad. But under the lights of the Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, the England bowler swapped his usual matinee special for an after-the-watershed display of bowling perfection.
“Nah. I was buggered” replied Broad when asked if he was annoyed to have been taken out of the attack after ten relentless overs. “I didn’t want a tenth to be honest but Stokesy [Ben Stokes] wouldn’t have it.”