Stu will get you
Only two England players have won more Man-of-the-Match awards, and only two have taken more Test wickets, than Stuart Broad, whose next Test will be his 100th
Stuart Broad is third on the list of most match awards won by an England player in Tests, after Ian Botham and Kevin Pietersen • ESPNcricinfo Ltd
Player | Mat | Wkts | Ave | SR | 5WI |
Dale Steyn | 38 | 178 | 20.93 | 43.2 | 10 |
Vernon Philander | 34 | 130 | 22.09 | 48.2 | 9 |
R Ashwin | 39 | 220 | 24.29 | 49.4 | 21 |
Stuart Broad | 62 | 253 | 25.20 | 51.6 | 12 |
James Anderson | 60 | 244 | 25.81 | 56.6 | 11 |
One of the best attributes of Broad is his ability to lift his game against top batsmen. The two batsmen he has dismissed most often are Michael Clarke (11 times) and AB de Villiers (ten times). Neither batsman averages more than 24 against him. He has also dismissed Hashim Amla seven times, Steven Smith and Younis Khan six times each, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and David Warner five times each (though Warner averages 50 against him), and Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar and Kane Williamson thrice each. Most of these batsmen average less than 30 against him, which is a good indicator of Broad's ability to rise to the challenge of bowling to a top batsman.
Batsman | Runs | Balls faced | Run rate | Dismissals | Average |
Michael Clarke | 262 | 512 | 3.07 | 11 | 23.81 |
AB de Villiers | 163 | 349 | 2.80 | 10 | 16.30 |
Ross Taylor | 155 | 283 | 3.28 | 9 | 17.22 |
Hashim Amla | 301 | 644 | 2.80 | 7 | 43.00 |
Steven Smith | 164 | 348 | 2.82 | 6 | 27.33 |
Younis Khan | 141 | 314 | 2.69 | 6 | 23.50 |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 110 | 319 | 2.06 | 5 | 22.00 |
David Warner | 251 | 352 | 4.27 | 5 | 50.20 |
Misbah-ul-Haq | 100 | 304 | 1.97 | 4 | 25.00 |
Mahela Jayawardene | 132 | 287 | 2.75 | 3 | 44.00 |
Jacques Kallis | 124 | 265 | 2.80 | 3 | 41.33 |
Ricky Ponting | 88 | 149 | 3.54 | 3 | 29.33 |
Sachin Tendulkar | 46 | 120 | 2.30 | 3 | 15.33 |
Kane Williamson | 100 | 338 | 1.77 | 3 | 33.33 |
Rahul Dravid | 136 | 340 | 2.40 | 2 | 68.00 |
Virat Kohli | 33 | 77 | 2.57 | 2 | 16.50 |
Graeme Smith | 199 | 306 | 3.90 | 1 | 199.00 |
Overall | Since Jul 2011 | |||||
Batsman type | Wickets | Average | Strike rate | Wickets | Average | Strike rate |
Right-handers | 260 | 24.92 | 52.7 | 192 | 22.47 | 48.8 |
Left-handers | 100 | 36.26 | 68.3 | 61 | 32.37 | 61.1 |
Bowler | Top 5 dismissals | Ave wkt value |
Glenn McGrath | 325 | 17.49 |
Fred Trueman | 158 | 17.15 |
Dale Steyn | 221 | 16.46 |
Stuart Broad | 185 | 15.19 |
Wasim Akram | 201 | 14.79 |
Waqar Younis | 194 | 14.23 |
Malcolm Marshall | 200 | 12.78 |
Brett Lee | 174 | 12.61 |
Richard Hadlee | 227 | 12.37 |
James Anderson | 273 | 12.09 |
Broad is one of only eight bowlers to take a five-for conceding 25 or fewer runs on three or more occasions - he took 8 for 15 against Australia at Trent Bridge, 6 for 17 against South Africa in Johannesburg, and 6 for 25 against India at Old Trafford. In the 15 innings when he has taken five, his bowling average is 9.69, and his strike rate 18.8 balls per wicket. The strike rate is the best among the 57 bowlers who have taken at least ten five-fors in the last 52 years (since the start of 1965), while the average is third-best, next only to Shaun Pollock and Malcolm Marshall.
S Rajesh is stats editor of ESPNcricinfo. Follow him on Twitter.