Rory Burns hailed Stuart Broad’s “ridiculous achievement” because the veteran England paceman closed in on his 500th Take a look at wicket after leaving the West Indies reeling at Old Trafford. Broad took all of the West Indies wickets to fall on Sunday in a mixed return of six for 22 that took him to 499 wickets in Take a look at cricket. It additionally meant England were well-placed to press for victory within the deciding fixture of a three-match sequence presently all sq. at 1-1. “It is a fairly ridiculous achievement to get to 500 (Take a look at wickets),” mentioned opening batsman Burns, with Broad on the point of turning into simply the seventh bowler — and solely the fourth seamer after longtime England new-ball associate James Anderson, Glenn McGrath and Courtney Walsh — to realize the feat.
“I will be standing at gully and hopefully I will catch it if he will get a nick.”
Burns added: “It is a good place to be when his tail is up and he is bowling like this.
“You are feeling each ball goes to return to you. We’ll be standing there ready to catch it.
Broad’s haul of 6-31 in 14 overs helped the hosts bundle out the West Indies for 197 in reply to England’s first-innings 369 that featured his dashing 62.
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At stumps on the third day, the West Indies have been 10-2 chasing an enormous goal of 399 following England’s second-innings 226-2 declared.
Burns weighed in with a beneficial 90 after he shared a stand of 114 with Dom Sibley (56) — England’s first century opening partnership in a house Take a look at since Alastair Prepare dinner and Alex Hales placed on 126 in opposition to Pakistan at Edgbaston in 2016.
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