Chris Broad

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Chris Broad
England
Personal information
Full name	Brian Christopher Broad
Nickname	Walter, Broodie
Born	29 September 1957 (1957-09-29) (age 50)
	Knowle, Bristol, England
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Role	Opening batsman, match referee
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right arm medium
International information
Test debut (cap 506)	28 June 1984: v West Indies
Last Test	17 June 1989: v Australia
ODI debut (cap 90)	1 January 1987: v Australia
Last ODI	24 May 1988: v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1979 – 1994	Gloucestershire
1984 – 1992	Nottinghamshire
1985 – 1986	Orange Free State
Career statistics
	Tests	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	25	34	340	319
Runs scored	1661	1361	21892	10396
Batting average	39.54	40.02	38.07	34.76
100s/50s	6/6	1/11	50/107	11/68
Top score	162	106	227*	122
Balls bowled	6	6	1631	1027
Wickets	0	0	16	25
Bowling average	–	–	64.81	36.80
5 wickets in innings	–	–	0	0
10 wickets in match	–	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	–	–	2/14	3/46
Catches/stumpings	10/–	10/–	189/–	82/–
As of 24 December 2007 Source: Cricinfo

Brian Christopher "Chris" Broad (born September 29, 1957, Knowle, Bristol is a former England Test cricketer and current Test official. An opening batsman, Broad had a 25 match long international test career during which he hit six centuries, together with 34 One Day International matches with a respectable over 40 average. His son Stuart Broad currently plays as a bowling all-rounder for the same teams as his father, England and Nottinghamshire.

Contents 1 Early life and domestic career 2 International debut 3 Test official 4 Notes 5 External links

[edit] Early life and domestic career

Born in Somerset, Broad suffered from osteomyelitis at the age of 15 and this delayed his development as a cricketer.^[1] His first-class debut came for Gloucestershire in 1979 and he secured a permanent place in the team the following summer.^[1] As well as Nottinghamshire, he also played for Orange Free State. He retired at the end of the 1994 season with a hip injury.^[1]

[edit] International debut

Broad was a fiery left handed opening batsman, who made his Test debut for England in 1984, in the second Test match against the West Indies at Lord's. Opening the batting with Graeme Fowler, Broad scored 55 in an opening partnership of 101 runs. Fowler went on to score 106 runs, however England were bowled out for 286. The West Indies reached 245 in response. England's second innings began poorly, Broad being dismissed for a duck having faced only nine balls, and the West Indies reached the 342 run target set for them thanks to 214* from Gordon Greenidge.^[2] Broad therefore averaged 22.25 in his debut test match.^[3]

Broad opened in the next Test match against the West Indies at Leeds beginning on July 12, 1984, scoring 32 and two.^[4] He scored 42 and 21 in the next Test, and four and 39 in the final Test of the series,^[4] ending his first series with 195 runs at 24.37.^[5] Broad then played one test match against Sri Lanka, scoring his highest score thus far, 86 in a drawn Test match.^[4] Broad did not play for England again until November 14, 1986 during the 1986 Ashes series. He began quietly with eight and 35*, however in the second Test at Perth he scored 162 and 16.^[4] He then scored 116 and 15* at Adelaide, 112 at Melbourne and six and 17 in Sydney.^[4] He ended this Ashes tour with 487 runs and three centuries from nine innings.^[5] He scored centuries in three consecutive matches, only the third Englishman to have achieved this feat.^{[citation needed]}

He made his One Day International debut in 1986, against Australia in Perth, Western Australia.^{[citation needed]}

He was dropped ostensibly for a lack of form, but it was also widely viewed that the England management did not agree with his temperament - he famously knocked his stumps out of the ground after being bowled in the 1988 Sydney bicentenary Test. He last played for England for the second Test against Australia in 1989, having played in 25 Test matches with a high score of 162 and an average of 39.54. Unusually, he made all of his centuries outside England - four in Australia, one in New Zealand and one in Pakistan.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Test official

In 2003, Broad became an ICC Test official, acting as match referee for Test matches and one day internationals, including the first match of the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal and serving as match referee in the World Cup Super Eights game between the West Indies and Australia.

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Cricinfo Player Profile : Chris Broad

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