I felt fairly emotional….solely Jimmy is left from that No. 1 crew: Alastair Cook on Stuart Broad’s retirement

The feelings haven’t actually sunk in at The Oval since Stuart Broad introduced he’ll retire from cricket on the finish of the continued Ashes Test match.

Former England skipper Alastair Cook, who captained the facet to primary Test rankings with Broad by his facet would additionally pen down an emotional be aware for the veteran seamer in his Sunday Times column.

“Very few of us are privileged enough to choose how we bow out,” Cook wrote. “He deserves that. As I watched him announce his retirement on Sky Sports, I felt quite emotional. I will genuinely miss watching him play.”

“Only Jimmy [James Anderson] is left now from the team who got to No. 1 in the Test rankings and are the only England side to have won the Ashes in Australia since 1986-87. I remember him telling me how much he was looking forward to us all having a glass of red together when we were all retired. Broady, I’ll have the bottle ready but first there’s a job to be finished in south London,” he added.

With only one wicket left within the second England innings, Broad walked out to bat with Anderson on Day 4, guiding England to 395 in an unbeaten cameo with the bat that noticed him pull Mitchell Starc over deep mid wicket for a six off what would develop into his final ball in skilled cricket.

In response, Australian openers added 135 runs for the primary wicket with each David Warner and Usman Khawaja scoring half centuries earlier than rain halted play, pushing the destiny of the match and the sequence to its final day.