Good start vital, Says Stuart Broad

Just days ahead of the Ashes series, Stuart Broad has requested England for following the instance of Steve Harmison in the year 2005 while sending one ‘message of intent’ to the Australians. Reports quoted Broad as saying that England must send out a ‘message of intent’ to Australia from the very first ball of the upcoming Ashes series.

It should be remembered that, in the year 2006, Harmison bowled the 1st delivery of the Ashes series straight to Andrew Flintoff who was standing at second slip. The series offered a humiliating defeat to the England cricket squad with 5-0 result.

However, Harmison bowled a completely different opening spell in 2005. Broad, while speaking on the matter, reportedly stated that he could still recall how Harmison bowled a brutal opening spell at Lord’s in 2005. In that spell the towering England pacer struck Justin Langer as well as Ricky Ponting, the Australian skipper.

Those first few deliveries, according to various reports, set the tone of the game. The spell displayed that the boys of Michael Vaughan will not be intimidated in front of consistent good performance of Australia. England, afterwards, achieved one memorable 2-1 victory.

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