Broad targets Big Bash to reboot one-day career

Stuart Broad is set to play in the Big Bash League if he fails to make England's limited-overs squad to tour India in January.

ESPNcricinfo understands Broad is close to agreeing terms with a BBL team, most likely the Hobart Hurricanes, as he attempts to reinvigorate his white-ball career and force his way back into contention for England's ODI squad ahead of the 2017 Champions Trophy and the 2019 World Cup.

On Tuesday the ECB will announce the squad to face Pakistan during the five-match Royal London ODI series and it appears unlikely Broad will be included in the current set-up. He has played just two ODIs - in South Africa in February - since England's dismal World Cup campaign in 2015, as the selectors have turned to a new crop of limited-overs seamers.

But Broad has made it clear he has not given up on an international career with the white ball. When he was omitted from the ODI squad for the series against Sri Lanka in June, he indicated he would explore other avenues to prove his merit in limited-overs formats.

If he is not named in the squad to face Pakistan he will have few opportunities for Nottinghamshire in the remaining Royal London One-Day Cup fixtures to make his case for selection ahead of England's tours of Bangladesh and India.

With 50-over cricket becoming the focus in the lead-up to the Champions Trophy, England won't play Test cricket between the final match in Chennai and the first Test of the series against South Africa in July.

England's fifth Test against India finishes on December 20 in Chennai and Hobart's first match in the BBL is an away fixture against the Sydney Sixers three days later, meaning Broad - who has taken 65 wickets in T20 Internationals at an average of 22.93 - could potentially be available for the entire competition, which culminates in the final on January 28.