Stuart Broad Reveals His Best Teammate And Opponent

England’s legendary pace spearhead, Stuart Broad has revealed as to who he thinks has been his best teammate and the best-ever opponent that he has faced. Stuart Broad has been a veteran name in English cricketing circuits.  The fast bowler has evolved over the years to become one of the greatest Test cricket pacers that England cricket has ever produced.

Broad has been involved in 138 Test matches so far and claimed 485 wickets in the most extended format of the game at an average of 28.50. Apart from this, he has also played 121 ODIs wherein he has gone on to pick 178 wickets at an average of 30.13. Representing England in 56 T20Is, Stuart Broad has clinched 65 wickets at an average of 22.93.

After having an illustrious career with the English team for such a long time, Stuart Broad has now revealed as to who he thinks is his best teammate and his best opponent currently in terms of cricketing standards.

Stuart Broad Names His Best Teammate And His Best Opponent

“I feel very lucky to have the option to name a few here but, if I thought about three or four, I might get to between 10-15. So, being brutally strict, I would have to say Ben Stokes is the best I have played with, for the positive impact he can have on games with bat, ball and in the field,” Stuart Broad said in an interview with Daily Mail.

“As for against? I have yet to figure out the best way to bowl at Steve Smith. He makes life tough for bowlers and has a huge hunger for big scores,” he added.

Both Stokes And Smith Rightfully Deserve The Honour

Stokes had a fantastic 2019 and put up some brilliant performances throughout the year. He won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 with Team England and was the Man of the Match in the final of the tournament. He also had a marvellous Ashes, and it was his contribution that helped England level the five-match series 2-2. Ben Stokes won the ICC Payer of the Year Award at the ICC Awards 2019. He was included in the ICC Test Team of the Year and ICC ODI Team of the Year.

Steve Smith is a modern-day legend of the game of cricket. The right-handed Smith has an average above 60 in Test cricket at the moment. Smith is a pioneer in making batting look easy in any condition. He has produced results in England, Australia, the sub-continent and almost at all the venues where cricket is played. He is widely regarded as one of the great players of spin in today’s cricket, a rare feat for many players who do not belong to the sub-continent.

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