article_snippet.sent: You get the impression around English cricket at the moment that people have a bit of a downer on Stuart Broad.
article_snippet.sent: ‘how much longer before Stuart Broad comes under pressure for his place?’ from a few people in recent times.
article_snippet.sent: There should always be scrutiny on England players’ places, I have no problem with that, but we have to be careful we do not get confused between Broad the bowler and Broad the batsman.
article_snippet.sent: Fact is, in the last 14 Tests Broad has taken 63 wickets at 24 apiece which is pretty good considering his’s been carrying niggles and injuries.
article_snippet.sent: Stuart Broad (right) will always give you something different even though Stuart Broad (right) can overdo it at times, and has always had the ability to get something out of a flat pitch.
article_snippet.sent: That’s when Broad, with his ability to make things happen, is so crucial for a captain.
article_snippet.sent: So this downer that I am sensing among the English cricket public clearly comes from the complete demise of Broad the batsman.
article_snippet.sent: Broad can expect to face a barrage of short deliveries from the likes of Mitchell Johnson in the Ashes .
article_snippet.sent: The result is that Broad has become a bit gun-shy, an Englishman stays leg-side of the ball and tries to play a shot every delivery.
article_snippet.sent: It’s not going to be easy for Broad.
article_snippet.sent: Broad will have to solve the problem an Englishman and look at team-mates who have overcome adversity in their career like Anderson and Ian Bell.
article_snippet.sent: We described Broad as an ‘all-rounder’ in a graphic on Sky the other day and immediately got some tweets querying that.
article_snippet.sent: But that’s what Broad looked like becoming when he scored that big Test hundred against Pakistan.
article_snippet.sent: Broad needs to remind he that he can bat, that he can keep the ball out, and then get in the nets and get someone to hurl short ball after short ball at he.
article_snippet.sent: Broad’s batting woes must not affect his bowling as England need his at his best.
highlights_snippet.sent: Stuart Broad must not let his batting woes must not affect his bowling .
  