“I Wish That…”: Stuart Broad’s Ultimate Confession On Yuvraj Singh’s 6 Sixes Episode | Cricket News

England pacer Stuart Broad has lastly determined to name it a day. The veteran seamer mentioned Saturday he’ll retire from all cricket following the conclusion of the fifth Ashes Test towards Australia at The Oval. Broad’s feedback got here after the tip of the third day’s play. Broad, who’s the fifth most profitable bowler within the format with 602 Test wickets, is enjoying his 167th and ultimate Test, having made his debut in December 2007 towards Sri Lanka in Colombo.

The English pacer, nonetheless, will all the time be remembered for conceding six sixes in an over through the 2007 T20 World Cup when former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh hammered him all around the park in Durban.

Broad, who was solely 20 at the moment, has lastly opened up on that over. He insisted that it was an important second in his profession.

“Yeah, it was obviously a pretty tough day, what would I have been, 21, 22? I learned a lot, I pretty much based a whole mental routine through that experience, knowing that I was left very short as an international performer. I’d rushed my preparation, I didn’t have any pre-ball routine, I didn’t have any focus,” Broad mentioned after stumps on Day 3.

Broad added whereas the battering he acquired on the expense of Yuvraj made him mentally sturdy, he wished “that didn’t happen”.

“I started building my ‘warrior mode’ that I call it after that experience. Ultimately, I wish that didn’t happen. What really helped me that it was a dead rubber, so I didn’t feel like I’d knocked us out of the World Cup. But I think it steeled me up to make me the competitor I am to this day, and has driven me forward a huge amount,” he added.