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SCJ Broad

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Stuart Charles John Broad played 331 matches across Tests, ODIs and T20 Internationals, primarily for England Cricket. His career produced 832 wickets at a bowling average of 27.96 and an economy of 3.43 per over. The Test arena is where Broad's record carries most weight: 604 wickets in 166 matches, with the ball conceded at just 2.98 an over. His final stretch of Test cricket, from late 2022 through the 2023 Ashes, saw him produce five-wicket hauls in five of his last ten appearances. With 4,287 career runs at a batting average of 16.62, he contributed usefully with the bat across formats, particularly in Tests where his average climbs to 18.13.

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Bat Avg
16.6
Bowl Avg
28.0

2026 Season Context

Recent form

In his final 10 Test appearances, spanning matches against South Africa, New Zealand and Australia between August 2022 and July 2023, Broad took five or more wickets in an innings on five occasions, i

Strongest format

Test Match — With 604 wickets in 166 Tests at a bowling average of 27.68 and an economy of 2.98, Broad's Test figures dwarf his returns in any other format. His OD

Career stats overview

166 Test · 117 ODI · 48 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

166 matches

3,662
Runs scored
604
Wickets taken

Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

ODI

117 matches

509
Runs scored
173
Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

48 matches

116
Runs scored
55
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Home record

215
wickets

Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.

Fourth-innings force

112
wickets

A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.

Lower-order resilience

38.4
batting avg

At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.

Elite opposition

198
wkts in 48 M

Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.

Consistency

14
five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

2
finals played

In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

604 Test wickets at a bowling average of 27.68

Broad's Test record stands as one of the most substantial in England's history. Across 166 Test appearances, he conceded runs at an economy of just 2.98 per over, a figure that underlines his control across formats and conditions.

Lord's is his standout ground

In 34 matches at Lord's, Broad has taken 130 wickets and scored 990 runs at a batting average of 24.15. His economy at the ground sits at 3.27, making it by some distance the venue where his overall numbers are strongest.

189 wickets against Australia across 56 matches

No opponent has faced Broad more often, and few have been hurt by him more consistently. His 189 wickets against Australia at an economy of 3.53 represent his highest wicket tally against any single side.

Five-wicket hauls a feature of his final Test season

In his last 10 recorded matches, Broad took five or more wickets in an innings on five separate occasions. That includes a 7/86 against South Africa at The Oval in September 2022 and 6/132 against Australia at Edgbaston in June 2023.

100 wickets against India at an economy of 3.49

Broad's returns against India across 33 matches include exactly 100 wickets, with a bowling average of 18.35 with the bat in those games. Pakistan (103 wickets in 25 matches) and South Africa (121 in 31) also feature heavily in his career tally.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams SCJ Broad has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Australia

Matches
56
Runs
1,126
Wickets
189

New Zealand

Matches
39
Runs
579
Wickets
134

India

Matches
33
Runs
624
Wickets
100

South Africa

Matches
31
Runs
630
Wickets
121

West Indies

Matches
31
Runs
447
Wickets
105

Pakistan

Matches
25
Runs
563
Wickets
103

Sri Lanka

Matches
20
Runs
235
Wickets
52

Bangladesh

Matches
4
Runs
56
Wickets
16

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where SCJ Broad has turned out most often.

Lord's, London

Matches
34
Runs
990
Wickets
130

The Oval, London

Matches
22
Runs
324
Wickets
62

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Matches
15
Runs
225
Wickets
58

Headingley, Leeds

Matches
14
Runs
295
Wickets
60

Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Matches
14
Runs
458
Wickets
63

Old Trafford, Manchester

Matches
12
Runs
273
Wickets
57

Newlands, Cape Town

Matches
6
Runs
59
Wickets
14

The Rose Bowl, Southampton

Matches
6
Runs
58
Wickets
26

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.