Stuart Broad: ‘This is the biggest Ashes buildup – I’m loving the circus’
T hree weeks out from the Ashes, at least one of England’s quicks is in good fettle. Jimmy Anderson is worrying over a groin strain, Ollie Robinson a turned ankle, Olly Stone has a torn hamstring and Jofra Archer a fractured elbow, but Stuart Broad has never felt better. He is coming off what he describes as “the most enjoyable year of my life”, one in which he took 40 Test wickets, played in some of the most entertaining games of cricket he’s ever been involved in, became a father for the first time and, only a little less important, got to watch Nottingham Forest in the Premier League. He is beaming.