2024-07-18 21:27:14
New Delhi: To honor England’s great bowler Stuart Broad, Nottingham Stadium Trent Bridge Stadium is going to rename its Pavilion End as Stuart Broad End. This announcement was made on the official website of the stadium. The ceremony will take place on July 18, the first day of the second Test match between England and West Indies. Broad retired from cricket after the Ashes series against Australia last year.
Program before the start of the test
Stuart Broad is one of the greatest players from Nottingham to have represented England. He will be present at the official plaque unveiling ceremony before the match starts on Thursday. The former fast bowler will be accompanied by his father and former England cricketer Chris Broad and some of his former teammates. The Trent Bridge management has also requested fans to be present for the ceremony by 10:40 am local time.
Chris Broad expressed his happiness over renaming the Pavilion End in honor of his son. He said- I am glad that the Nottinghamshire committee decided that Stuart should be remembered in this way. It is a great pleasure to have an end named after him. This year when I went to Trent Bridge for the first time, I heard the announcement that the bowler is bowling from Stuart Broad End. I took a picture of the scoreboard and sent it to Stuart, and he got a little emotional seeing his name there. I feel very proud and honored to see him receive this honor.
Last test was played last year
Stuart Broad retired from international cricket after the Ashes series last year. He has 604 wickets in 167 matches played for England. He is among the top-5 bowlers to take the most wickets in Test history. Broad has 178 wickets in ODIs and 65 wickets in T20 Internationals. He has also scored 3662 runs with the bat in Tests. His highest innings has been of 169 runs. On this ground, he took 8 wickets for 15 runs in the Test played against Australia in 2015.