Ashes 2023: Stuart Broad timed his retirement name completely, says Nasser Hussain

By India Today Sports Desk: Former England captain Nasser Hussain backed Stuart Broad’s resolution to retire from cricket whereas on prime of his recreation and stated the decision was completely timed from the pacer.

Broad introduced his retirement from Test cricket on the third day of the fifth and ultimate Test towards Australia within the Ashes sequence of 2023. The announcement got here as a shock to many, marking the top of an illustrious profession for the 37-year-old cricketer.

Broad had been a formidable pressure within the cricketing world, having performed in 166 Tests and brought over 600 wickets, making him the second-highest wicket-taker for England after James Anderson.

The pacer expressed his need to finish his profession with an Ashes match, highlighting his love affair with this iconic cricket sequence. Broad’s retirement didn’t imply a lackluster efficiency in his ultimate Test. On the opposite, he placed on an exciting show, taking Australia’s ultimate two wickets on the Kia Oval, thereby sealing a series-squaring 49-run victory for England. This feat took his ultimate tally to a formidable 604 wickets in his outstanding 167-Test profession.

He additionally hit the ultimate ball he confronted for an enormous six off Australia’s Mitchell Starc, finishing a fairytale finish to his profession.

Speaking on the ICC Review, Hussain backed the choice made by Broad to retire on the finish of the Oval Test and exit on the highest of his recreation.

“Well, that’s the point,” Hussain stated.

“I think retirement is, you’d want people to ask, ‘Why not a little bit more?’

“You retire when individuals are saying, ‘Why are you retiring? rather than ‘Why not?’

“When people start saying that you should be retiring, then you’ve probably gone a bit too far. So I think he’s timed it perfectly. Two days to go, came down to us at Sky (Sports) and said, ‘Yep, I’m done’. And then he had two days.

“But the one factor with Stuart, you understand, as a result of he introduced his retirement, it is not like I’m achieved, I’m trying out. You know Stuart Broad goes to wish to win. He’s all the time been a winner.”