'I couldn't have finished in a better way': Stuart Board opens up on his retirement

Stuart Broad brought an end to his glittering career as the fast bowler announced his retirement from Test cricket in 2023. After the fifth and final Ashes, Broad declared this would be his last dance on the cricket pitch as he finished as the 5th highest wicket-taker in Test matches. He amassed a whopping 604 wickets in 167 Test matches.\

3 things you need to know

• Stuart Broad retired from Test cricket in 2023
• The fast bowler is the 5th highest wicket taker in Test matches
• He is England's all time second highest wicket taker

Stuart Broad reveals he could have played for a couple of years more

Broad is England's all time second highest taker in the long format after James Anderson. Broad picked up 38 wickets in 2023 including the last wicket at the Oval. Broad was left out of the England squad in 2022 and then made a rousing entry in the following year.

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Australia looked very well placed in the final Test as they were on course to register their maiden series win since 2001. But Broad punched a massive blow by claiming the wickets of Todd Murphy and Alex Carey. In an interview with Sky Sports Broad revealed he could have played for a couple of more years but he has no regrets with his decision.

"I do feel within myself that I could have played for another couple of years but I wanted to finish at the top, finish in an England shirt and to be able to control that myself. I had to try and go at the right time.
"I have had no regrets yet which I think tells me in my gut that it was the right decision. Because my teammates have not walked onto the field in their whites with the England cap on, I have not had a moment of realisation like, 'wow, I won't ever do that again'."

"Every player I have spoken to, from different eras, has had that one moment of 'I am not a professional cricketer any more'."

“Whether that comes when England go to India or when Nottinghamshire take the field in April at Trent Bridge, I'm not sure, [but] I couldn't have finished in a better way.”