{"id":173166,"date":"2021-12-12T21:01:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T22:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=173166"},"modified":"2021-12-13T20:01:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T20:01:51","slug":"disappointed-england-stars-ashes-misery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=173166","title":{"rendered":"'Disappointed' England star's Ashes misery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stuart Broad<\/a> maintains he was fit to play in the first Ashes<\/a> Test at the Gabba, and had he done so, he would have had a positive influence on the match.<\/p>\n

England's decision to leave out both Broad and James Anderson for the series opener has been widely panned<\/a>, especially given spinner Jack Leach was targetted by the Australian batters<\/a>, conceding 102 runs from just 13 overs in the first innings.<\/p>\n

It was the first time in more than five years England had gone into a Test match without at least one of Broad or Anderson.<\/p>\n

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Writing in his Daily Mail column, Broad said he had a gut feeling he would miss out.<\/p>\n

"Because of the conditions in the build-up, the team for the first Test wasn't named early. Instead, a 12 was announced, to be narrowed to an XI next morning and I got the sense that the final decision was between me and Jack Leach," he wrote.<\/p>\n

"Sometimes you just get a bit of a feeling within yourself, and my feeling was that I would only play in a five-man seam attack.<\/p>\n

"Of course, I was disappointed not to play but I also realise this series is a marathon and not a sprint. Never have five Test matches been as bunched up as this and it will be exhausting, so realistically I don't think any seamer will play all five."<\/p>\n

\"Stuart<\/p>\n

Despite the margin of the loss, Broad says he would have made a difference had he played.<\/p>\n

"I love Ashes cricket, love bowling at the Gabba and feel like I could've had a positive influence on a pitch like that," he said.<\/p>\n

"There is no time to feel sorry for ourselves, dwell on not batting, bowling, or catching very well. We know that's the case.<\/p>\n

"What we mustn't do is carry negatives with us for the next month. We've done that on Ashes tours past and consistently lost. We must pretend it's 0-0 in a four-match series and go again."<\/p>\n

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