The Pavilion Finish at Trent Bridge is to be renamed The Stuart Broad Finish, in recognition of the Nottinghamshire and England bowler.
The honour will commemorate the county’s most profitable bowler on the worldwide stage, with the seamer having claimed 604 Take a look at wickets – the fifth most within the format’s historical past, behind solely Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne, James Anderson and Anil Kumble.
These wickets embrace the one Take a look at match hat-trick to have been taken at Trent Bridge, towards India in 2011, and the most effective bowling evaluation within the venue’s close to 200-year historical past, his 8-15 towards Australia in 2015.
“After I first visited Trent Bridge, as a child with desires of pulling on the Nottinghamshire and England jerseys, I may by no means have imagined I might be lucky sufficient to get pleasure from so many memorable moments within the recreation,” mentioned Broad.
“It is a bit surreal to assume that a part of the bottom the place I fell in love with cricket will now bear my title.
“Enjoying for Notts has meant a lot to me, and I have been so grateful that, wherever my profession has taken me, I’ve at all times been in a position to come house to Trent Bridge.
“As somebody who’s Nottingham born and bred, that is an extremely proud second for myself and my household,” he added.
Broad took 190 wickets in 43 appearances for county and nation at his house floor. Throughout his profession, he claimed 1,268 senior wickets.
A four-time Ashes winner, he was additionally a member of England’s 2010 World T20-winning aspect and received the 2010 County Championship, 2022 Division Two title and two one-day finals with Notts.
“Stuart’s achievements on the highest degree are fairly outstanding – it is extremely unlikely we’ll ever see one other English bowler match his document over the previous 15 years, not to mention one from inside our county’s borders,” mentioned Nottinghamshire chairman Andy Hunt.
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Nottinghamshire chairman Andy Hunt with Stuart Broad in entrance of the Trent Bridge pavilion (pic:Nottinghamshire CCC)
“All through that point, Stuart has been the proper ambassador for Nottinghamshire – not simply by means of his deeds with the ball, but additionally by means of his unstinting dedication to the trigger for his county and his continued championing of Trent Bridge on the world stage.
“It feels solely becoming that the tip of his house floor the place he recorded a few of his biggest achievements will now function a everlasting honour to his cricketing profession.”