Seventh heaven for Broad

Stuart Broad
18 May 2012

Stuart Broad needed just one delivery at Lord's this morning to consign West Indies number 11 Shannon Gabriel to a golden duck, and claim new career-best figures.

Broad (seven for 72) had Fidel Edwards acrobatically caught-behind by Matt Prior with the last ball of day one of this Investec Test series yesterday.

Today, at the first attempt, he produced a testing delivery on a length and near off-stump - which Gabriel edged to Graeme Swann at second slip. Shivnarine Chanderpaul was therefore left unbeaten on 87 in a Windies total of 243 all out.

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