Playing Aussies brings out best in me: Broad

Stuart Broad

Veteran England cricketer Stuart Broad said playing against Australia brings out the best in him after achieving the remarkable feat of becoming the second fast bowler to pick 600 wickets in Test cricket on day one of the fourth Ashes Test.

The 37-year-old achieved the historic feat after taking the wicket of Australia's left-handed batter Travis Head. Broad was on 598 at the start of the fourth Test in Manchester when England opted to bowl first and dismissed Usman Khawaja in his first spell to get to 599.

His England team-mate James Anderson, is the only other fast-bowler to have more than 600 Test wickets. "I find the Ashes series the most enjoyable to play in. I love the extra pressure, scrutiny and how much the public love it in England and Australia. I have been able to forge great battles and it has been a pleasure to play against those guys.

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"Aussies are very competitive people and I think that brings the best out of me. I love that eye-to-eye battle and the Aussies bring that the most out of all teams. I thrive off that," Broad told Sky Sports.

Overall, Broad is fifth bowler to take 600 scalps in Tests after Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan (800), Australia's Shane Warne (708), Anderson (688) and India's Anil Kumble (619).

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