My worst nightmare

By Gary Fitzgerald

Stuart Broad cursed himself and then slammed the “nightmare” Edgbaston pitch after he endured a real bad dose of the ‘No balls’.
The pace bowler held his hand up and admitted he had “no excuse” for sending down the six illegal deliveries during the second day of the opening Test. But he was also upset at the “slowest Test wicket he has ever played on”
One of his no balls proved extremely costly late on – he bowled centurian Usman Khawaja on 112 but gave him a reprieve, allowed Australia to take a grip of the contest and close on 311-5 just 82 runs adrift on the first in...

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