After retiring from tests, Stuart Broad spills beans on James Anderson's future

Stuart Broad will retire from all forms of the game after ongoing fifth Ashes 2023 test vs Australia.

In an unexpected scenario, the veteran English pacer Stuart Broad has decided to hang up his boots and announced his retirement after representing his country for 17 long years. After the stumps on Day 3 of the ongoing fifth and final Ashes 2023 Test at the Oval. He confirmed that the fifth game will be his last game of his international career.

It means we will see the pair of James Anderson and Stuart Broad for the last time in the ongoing Oval Test. Borad made his test debut in December 2007 against Sri Lanka, and since then, he has become a vital part of the English bowling attack. He recently joined the 600-wicket club in test cricket. The veteran pacer has played 166 tests and taken 600 wickets, with a career best of 8/15. He has also scored 3647 runs, including one century and 13 half-centuries.

Stuart Broad hints at James Anderson's retirement from international cricket

In the post-match presentation after the end of the third day of the fifth test, Broad spoke about his retirement and thanked everyone who supported him throughout his career. He also revealed that Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum were the first ones he told about his decision. However, when asked about how his decision would affect James Anderson's retirement plans, he clarified that the 41-year-old didn't have any plans to retire as of now.

Broad said that with a break after the Ashes, which will also help Anderson stay fresh and keep going. The pacer said, "Jimmy will carry on, definitely. There's a bit of break after this series. I was delighted to hear that Jimmy was going to keep going and carry on, because it's nice that there will be one half of that partnership still within the changing room, until it sort of gets passed over when Jimmy decides his time is up."

Speaking of the game, England ended Day 3 at 389/9 with Broad (2) and Anderson (8) unbeaten on the crease. The hosts have a lead of 377 with two days to go. They will have a great chance in hand to go for a win and level the series at 2-2.