You cannot make this stuff up. Stuart Broad farewelled cricket in ridiculous scenes after an “obscene” moment on the final day of the Fifth Test.
Broad entered the final day as the central figure after announcing his retirement at the end of day three and finished the job with the last two wickets — and an “obscene” farewell act.
The England bowling great had been enduring the most frustrating of final days as he continually beat the outside edge and went wicketless in his first 18 overs.
So in a desperate act of superstition, Broad again changed the bails over – this time at the non-strikers end – ahead of the final ball of his 19th over.
And it worked. Broad immediately drew a nick from Todd Murphy that was pocketed by Jonny Bairstow and The Oval exploded.
“You all saw Broad swap the bails at the nonstriker’s end before that delivery, right? Obscene,” cricket…