The 36-year-old English right-arm pacer Stuart Broad became the third pacer and the sixth bowler to claim 550 Test wickets. However, he is the slowest bowler among all of them to complete 550 Test wickets.
England are currently busy in the Birmingham Test against the visitors India which is the last game of the five-match Test series, a competition under the 2021-23 ICC World Test Championship.
Stuart Broad dismissed Mohammed Shami to complete 550 Test wickets
In the late moment of the first innings of this Birmingham Test, Broad completed his 550 Test wickets after dismissing Mohammed Shami with a well-directed short ball. Shami’s shot found well-placed Jack Leach at the third man as the Indian tail-ender was caught out for 16 runs.
After taking his only wicket in that innings, Broad completed his 550 Test wickets. Here are some key stats of his 550 wickets in his Test career.
Stuart Broad became the second English bowler, after James Anderson, to complete 550 Test wickets.
Broad became the third pacer to take 550 wickets in their Test career. Former Australian right-arm pacer Glenn McGrath and still playing English right-arm pacer James Anderson were the first two pacers to complete 550 Test wickets.
Broad became the sixth bowler to complete 550 wickets in their Test career.
Most Test wickets (at least 550 Test wickets)
Player (Team) | Bowling style | Total wickets |
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) | Right arm offbreak | 800 |
Shane Warne (Australia) | Right arm legbreak | 708 |
James Anderson (England) | Right arm fast medium | 656 |
Anil Kumble (India) | Right arm legbreak | 619 |
Glenn McGrath (Australia) | Right arm fast medium | 563 |
Stuart Broad (England) | Right arm fast medium | 550 |
(Updated till 2nd July 2022)
Broad completed his 550 Test wickets in his 156th Test match. Among the six bowlers with 550 wickets in their Test career, Broad became the slowest to complete this feat.
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Fastest to complete 550 Test wickets
Player (Team) | Bowling style | Matches to complete 550 Test wickets |
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) | Right arm offbreak | 94 |
Anil Kumble (India) | Right arm leg break | 115 |
Shane Warne (Australia) | Right arm leg break | 117 |
Glenn McGrath (Australia) | Right arm fast medium | 121 |
James Anderson (England) | Right arm fast medium | 140 |
Stuart Broad (England) | Right arm fast medium | 156 |
But just after completing 550 Test wickets, Broad was thrashed by the new Indian Test captain Jasprit Bumrah, who smashed him the record-breaking 35 runs in an over (Bumrah scored 29 runs and six runs were extras).
