The Pavilion Finish at Trent Bridge is to be renamed The Stuart Broad Finish, in recognition of the Nottinghamshire and England bowler.
The honour will commemorate the county’s most profitable bowler on the worldwide stage, with the seamer having claimed 604 Take a look at wickets – the fifth most within the format’s historical past, behind solely Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne, James Anderson and Anil Kumble.
These wickets embody the one Take a look at match hat-trick to have been taken at Trent Bridge, towards India in 2011, and the most effective bowling evaluation within the venue’s close to 200-year historical past, his 8-15 towards Australia in 2015.
“After I first visited Trent Bridge, as a child with goals of pulling on the Nottinghamshire and England jerseys, I might by no means have imagined I might be lucky sufficient to take pleasure in so many memorable moments within the sport,” stated Broad.
“It is a bit surreal to suppose that a part of the bottom the place I fell in love with cricket will now bear my identify.
“Taking part in for Notts has meant a lot to me, and I have been so grateful that, wherever my profession has taken me, I’ve at all times been in a position to come house to Trent Bridge.
“As somebody who’s Nottingham born and bred, that is an extremely proud second for myself and my household,” he added.
Broad took 190 wickets in 43 appearances for county and nation at his house floor. Throughout his profession, he claimed 1,268 senior wickets.
A four-time Ashes winner, he was additionally a member of England’s 2010 World T20-winning facet and gained the 2010 County Championship, 2022 Division Two title and two one-day finals with Notts.
“Stuart’s achievements on the highest stage are fairly exceptional – it is extremely unlikely we’ll ever see one other English bowler match his report over the previous 15 years, not to mention one from inside our county’s borders,” stated Nottinghamshire chairman Andy Hunt.
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Nottinghamshire chairman Andy Hunt with Stuart Broad in entrance of the Trent Bridge pavilion (pic:Nottinghamshire CCC)
“All through that point, Stuart has been the right ambassador for Nottinghamshire – not simply by way of his deeds with the ball, but additionally by way of his unstinting dedication to the trigger for his county and his continued championing of Trent Bridge on the world stage.
“It feels solely becoming that the top of his house floor the place he recorded a few of his biggest achievements will now function a everlasting honour to his cricketing profession.”