Home comforts provide Broad hope of extending purple patch
ENGLAND paceman Stuart Broad is hoping to continue his fine form in the second Test against West Indies on his home turf of Trent Bridge tomorrow.
Broad, who claimed 11 wickets in the first-Test victory at Lord’s earlier this week, took a hat-trick against India at Nottinghamshire’s ground last summer.
“It was definitely one of the highlights of my career,” he said. “I love playing at Trent Bridge. It’s a fantastic ground, the home support is brilliant and looking back to last summer it was great to get the win.
“I don’t think it could have been much better. The atmosphere was incredible when I bowled Kumar for the hat-trick. It went wild.”
Batsman Kevin Pietersen was fined by England chiefs the ECB last night for criticising pundit Nick Knight. Pietersen had asked on Twitter “how Nick Knight worked his way into the commentary box for the Tests? Ridiculous”.