Stuart Broad is pretty mature about England going in with more spinners to Sri Lanka but wants to play the ‘Ashes’.
The England veteran pacer Stuart Broad is all about seam bowling and becomes even more dangerous when bowling alongside his partner James Anderson. However, these two don’t work out very well on turning tracks. One would expect Sri Lanka to provide just that and therefore Broad is not sure to be picked for the Test series.
“The pitches last time made it a waste of time bowling seam. I think 85 percent of wickets fell to spin. You're definitely going to take three or four spinners in that touring party, so I don't know if I'm going to be in it,” Broad said.
“I do understand that varying selection will help us in the long term. Winning in Sri Lanka last time we changed the mindset and it worked beautifully. The tough thing going this time is it could be different: you could pick four spinners, turn up and it nips all over the place,” he added.
England played out an enthralling Ashes series right after the World Cup. The next Ashes series will be a part of the next edition of the World Test Championship and will be played in November 2021 in Australia. Broad will be 35-years-old by then, but still, he would like to be a part of the series.
He said, “Would I like to be part of another Ashes series in Australia? Absolutely. I'm not someone who looks that far ahead. But I feel confident at the minute. I feel great. I feel physically good. All my fitness tests have gone in the right way which at 33 can be something that can fall away. I feel in a really good place.”
“I know I can still deliver when the heat is on and the pressure is burning. That excitement of bowling the first ball in Ashes series, I'm still living for that. I've still got a lot of fire in the belly and as soon as that fire goes I know my bowling boots will go. It's still there,” the pacer added.
(Inputs from ESPNCricInfo)
