‘Shoeless, toenail falling off and blood seeping out of bandages’: Stuart Broad’s effort praised Nasser Hussain

Stuart Broad is one of England’s most successful bowlers in Test cricket, and he has had a number of memorable performances in the Ashes.
Broad has also been a consent performer in the Ashes and at Edgbaston, he has kept England alive with a terrific spell on Day 4. Broad picked up the crucial wickets of Marnus Labuschagne (13) and Steven Smith (6) in the final session. However, the 36-year-old did all of this fighting through pain.
Writing in his column for The Daily Mail, former England captain Nasser Hussain praised Broad’s effort and said: ““He is one who can say that he always gave it his absolute everything.”
“Broad was on his knees with two balls to go in that spell, he had been sprinting back to the end of his mark to beat the clock and bowl one more over, and that for me is all you can ever ask of an England cricketer.
“With him, he strains every sinew, gives every ounce of effort and he’s just going to give it everything until he hangs up his boots. His sense of theatre, his sense of occasion, his sense of when to lift his game, and his sense of how to get great players out is second to none.”
“You can see Broad cares about this, his ninth and possibly last Ashes series, as much if not more than his previous eight and his record against Australia is what he will be remembered for.

“Even at 36, he went away and worked behind the scenes to perfect the outswinger that did for Labuschagne and Smith in this fourth innings.
“And if you want to know how much Broad puts his body through, you should have seen his feet after the first innings. Shoeless, he walked towards me, his whole foot strapped, toenail falling off, blood seeping out of the bandages.”
Broad is a proven performer in the Ashes, and he will be hoping to continue his good form in the ongoing series.