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BIOGRAPHY

Stuart Broad
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Stuart Broad, born June 24, 1986 in Nottingham, England, is an English cricketer who plays for Leicestershire County Cricket Club.

6' 5" Broad is the son of former England cricketer and ICC match referee Chris Broad. Although Broad has started making waves as a fast bowler, he originally started his career following in the footsteps of his father, as an opening batsman. It wasn't until he was 17 and had a growth spurt that he started to consider being a genuinely quick bowler. He was a pupil at Oakham School and as a youngster was awarded with the Leicestershire Young Cricketers Batsman Award.

Broad learned most of his adult cricket at Melton Mowbray club Egerton Park. He played for the club from the ages of 9-19.

Broad spent the winter of 2004-5 playing in Australia and that proved the springboard for a great start to the following domestic season when he broke through into the Leicestershire first team and claimed 12 wickets in his first three County Championship appearances.

That form saw him called up into the England Under 19 squad to face Sri Lanka Under 19 and he enjoyed a dream debut in the first one-day international at Worcester, taking 4-33 in 8.4 overs including the wickets of the top three batsmen. He ended the summer with 30 first class wickets in 10 games and was named in the ECB National Academy squad for winter 2005-06 before signing a new two-year contract with Leicestershire.

During his young career, Broad has received numerous awards. He was voted Young Cricketer of the Year at the Cricket Writers' Dinner in 2006, and not long after was named in the National Academy intake for the 2006 winter.