Former England captain, Nasser Hussain showered praise on Stuart Broad after the ace fast-bowler shined with the ball in second Test against West Indies at the Old Trafford. Broad picked up three wickets in each innings and played a starring role, along with all-rounder Ben Stokes, to help the hosts record a 113-run win and level the three-match series 1-1 on Monday. Broad, who was left out of the first Test, had given a fiery interview on national TV and Hussain lauded him for putting on a great performance after that tirade.
“If you talk the talk, you had to better make sure you then go and walk the walk. That’s exactly what Stuart Broad has done here on his return to the England side,” Hussain wrote in his column for Daily Mail. “Once Broad had given Sky that interview during the first Test – talking about his anger and disappointment at losing ‘his shirt’ – he was going to be under a bit of pressure in the second Test at Emirates Old Trafford.
“It was almost a case of England saying: ‘Go on then, you have said how hard done by you feel at being left out, now go and show us.’ Broad has absolutely done that.