England fast bowler Stuart Broad has been nominated for one of the most prestigious awards in the sports fraternity, the British Broadcast Corporation (BBC) Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY). With this nomination, the 34-year-old has become the third cricketer in a row to be nominated for the highest sporting honour for a sportsman in the United Kingdom.
Before Broad, Ben Stokes was nominated for his World Cup-winning moment last year and also won the award. Earlier in 2018, James Anderson, Broad’s longtime new-ball partner was nominated for the award in the year 2018 when he became the first British cricketer to get to the level of 500 Test wickets.
Broad, who reached the milestone of his 500 Test wickets in his man of the series-winning performance against West Indies early this summer, has been nominated alongside the likes of record-equalling seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton.
In that series against Windies, Broad took 16 wickets in just two games. Further in the next three games against Pakistan, he took 13 wickets to end the summer with 29 wickets from just five games.
By the end of the summer, Broad had reached seventh place in the all-time list of Test wicket-takers, with 514 at 27.65 in 143 Tests.
The Nottingham born announced this news on his Twitter handle early this morning today with the caption, “Such a huge honour to be nominated for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2020. Thanks, @gregjames& @thebodycoach for announcing. Right- back to the cricket nets! Cricket bat and ball Thank You! #SPOTY.”
Apart from Ben Stokes, a total of four cricketers have won this award which includes the likes of English legends, Jim Laker and Ian Botham. Apart from them, the much liked Andrew Flintoff also won it in 2005, for his Ashes showing, in an era when Australia dominated the cricket world.
David Steele is the only cricketer to have won the award for his county performances as the Northamptonshire player is the only one who has taken more than 500 first-class wickets and also scored more than 20,000 runs in the format. In total, the spectacled man played a total of 500 first-class games. Although his England stint was only 8 matches long.
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