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Ryan Broad

Ryan Broad

Australian cricketer

Ryan Andrew Broad (born 9 March 1982 in Herston, Queensland) is an Australian professional cricketer who plays for the Queensland Bulls. He is a right-handed opening batsman.[1] Broad was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School.[2]

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Broad is the son of Wayne Broad, who played for Queensland between 1977 and 1983.[1] He was first selected to represent Queensland in November 2005 in a four-day match against Victoria (he scored 23 and 3 in each innings).[3][4] He took the field for the Australian national team as a substitute fieldsman during the 2006–07 Ashes series, where he caught Andrew Strauss.[5] In November 2011, he reached his highest score in first class cricket, hitting 135 in the second innings of a Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia.[6]

Broad last played for Queensland in the 2011/12 season and he retired from Queensland Premier Cricket, where he had been captaining Wynnum Manly, after the 2015/16 season. He had passed his father to achieve the record amount of runs scored by anyone to bat for Wynnum Manly in his last season.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Ryan Broad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  2. [2]
    Mason, James (2011). Churchie: The Centenary Register. Brisbane, Australia: The Anglican Church Grammar School. ISBN 978-0-646-55807-3.
  3. [3]
    "Broad to follow father's footsteps". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 17 November 2005. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Queensland v Victoria at Brisbane, Nov 18-21, 2005". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  5. [5]
    "Peter Lalor's Ashes dispatches". The Australian. News Limited. 27 November 2006. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  6. [6]
    "Bulls seek to set WA a final day target". ABC News. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  7. [7]
    "Nathan Rabnott wants club success after taking over as skipper from the retiring great Ryan Broad". Courier Mail. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2021.


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