He achieved this feat by dismissing Australia’s Travis Head, who was caught hooking by Joe Root at superb leg for 48.
With this wicket, the 37-year-old quick bowler turned part of an esteemed group of 5 bowlers who’ve reached the exceptional milestone of 600 Test wickets.
The unique membership consists of Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (800), Australia’s Shane Warne (708), England’s James Anderson (688), and India’s Anil Kumble (619).
Broad and Anderson, the opposite energetic bowler on this group, are the one quicks to have taken 600 Test wickets.
Broad began this match, his 166th Test, on 598 wickets.
But after England captain Ben Stokes received the toss and elected to discipline on Wednesday, Broad struck an early blow when he had Usman Khawaja lbw for 3 to go away Australia 15-1.
He needed to wait till his eleventh over for the landmark wicket, with left-hander Head hooking a bouncer and Joe Root holding a low catch as he got here in off the boundary at superb leg.
Head’s exit left Australia on 189-5 as England, 2-1 down with two Tests to play, chase the win they should keep their hopes of regaining the Ashes.
Broad’s double strike on Wednesday additionally noticed him overtake Ian Botham as England’s main Test bowler towards Australia with 150 wickets.
Broad, the son of former England batsman Chris Broad, made his Test debut towards Sri Lanka at Colombo in 2007 below the captaincy of Michael Vaughan.
The then Leicestershire seamer — Broad now performs for Nottinghamshire — had solely began bowling comparatively late in a faculty profession as a promising batsman.
But at worldwide degree he has develop into famend for his match-winning spells, 20 instances taking 5 or extra wickets in an innings.
Three instances he has taken no less than 10 wickets in a Test, together with his capability to generate late seam motion usually proving an excessive amount of for the world’s main batsmen.
The most celebrated return of Broad’s profession was his excellent 8-15 at Trent Bridge throughout England’s 2015 Ashes triumph in a match that Anderson missed due to harm.
Broad additionally scored an outstanding 169 towards Pakistan at Lord’s in 2010 earlier than his batting regressed after he had his nostril damaged by a bouncer from India’s Varun Aaron 4 years later.
Broad, whose wickets have come at a cheap common of simply over 27 apiece, can also be the one England bowler to have taken two Test hat-tricks.
The first got here towards India in 2011 throughout a haul of 6-46, with the second towards Sri Lanka in 2014.
(With AFP Inputs)
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Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com