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Stuart Broad says 'sleep affected' by 'five-minute' Test axe call

Stuart Broad on Sunday said his controversial axing from the team to tour the West Indies was delivered in a "five-minute phone call" which has "affected my sleep". Broad, 35, has 537 Test wickets to his name but he and fellow veteran James Anderson, who is the country's record wicket taker with 640 victims, were dropped following the 4-0 Ashes rout in Australia. Anderson, 39, topped England's bowling averages in the series with his eight wickets costing just 23.37 apiece, while Broad took the tourists' first five-for of the trip in Sydney.

Broad 'gutted' by England Test axing

Stuart Broad admits he is "gutted" to have been dropped from England's Test squad and says the controversial decision has affected his sleep.

How 'five-minute' Test axe phone call affected Stuart Broad's sleep

England fast bowler Stuart Broad on Sunday said his controversial axing from the team to tour the West Indies was delivered in a "five-minute phone call" which has "affected my sleep".

England's Broad says he has been hit hard by Windies tour omission

Fast bowler Stuart Broad said on Sunday he had been hit hard by the decision to leave him out of the squad for England's tour of the West Indies.

England: Stuart Broad 'confused and angrier each day' after West Indies omission

England bowler Stuart Broad says the decision to leave him out of the West Indies tour has left him «confused and angrier with each passing day».

The decision has hit me pretty hard – Stuart Broad incensed at England omission

Stuart Broad admits he is “gutted” to have been dropped by England and says the controversial decision has affected his sleep.

STUART BROAD: I'm waking up angrier each day after shock England axe

I have to confess that I wasn't expecting the phone call I received from Andrew Strauss on Tuesday that started with him saying: 'I've got some bad news.' That's not what you really want to hear on selection matters, and not something I have heard very often during my career of 152 Test caps.

Anderson, Broad told to 'get fired up' for Proteas series after Windies snub

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) interim managing director Andrew Strauss has urged record wicket-takers James Anderson and Stuart Broad to get "fired up" for the home summer and re-iterated that their England careers are not at an end.

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Stuart Broad says 'sleep affected' by 'five-minute' Test axe call

Broad 'gutted' by England Test axing

How 'five-minute' Test axe phone call affected Stuart Broad's sleep

England's Broad says he has been hit hard by Windies tour omission

England: Stuart Broad 'confused and angrier each day' after West Indies omission

The decision has hit me pretty hard – Stuart Broad incensed at England omission

STUART BROAD: I'm waking up angrier each day after shock England axe

Anderson, Broad told to 'get fired up' for Proteas series after Windies snub