Stuart Broad behaviour noticed by England cricket hero after incredible Australia heroics
Stuart Broad bows out of cricket as an England cricket legend
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England icon Stuart Broad ended his cricket career on a high by taking the last two wickets of the Ashes against Australia on Monday.
And Nasser Hussain believes the veteran behaved like a 21-year-old during the final day's dramatic events.
Broad was outstanding for England, rising to the occasion to ensure the hosts draw the series.
He stepped up in the final stages of the contest to prevent Australia from reigning supreme on British soil for the first time since 2001.
Nasser Hussain has hailed Stuart Broad for his sensational England career
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And Hussain, writing for the Daily Mail, has hailed Broad while expressing a belief the 37-year-old seemed far younger due to his enthusiasm for the sport.
"For me, what they’ve done in the last two Tests has been perfect," said the former England captain.
"They have entertained, they have played a brilliant brand. But they have tweaked their game just so slightly and they have also won.
"And winning, as we saw with the scenes here at the Oval, is still important.
"The person who typifies that the most is Broad. The reason Broad has been the cricketer he has been is because he wants to win.
"I was watching him on Monday celebrating some of those wickets and he was like a 21-year-old playing in his first Ashes.
"He was running in, hugging his team-mates, leaping up and down, throwing his floppy hat onto the floor.
"That is the behaviour of someone who wants to win — and that is why it was so fitting that he got England over the line."
Hussain also hailed Broad for the way he continued to stay 100 per cent focused despite announcing his retirement two days previously.
"I also thought Broad got his retirement announcement right on Saturday because you know with someone like that, even with two days of a Test match to go, he is not going to check out," he stated.
"He is going to be switched on until the last delivery he bowls and that’s exactly how it turned out.
"The last ball he faces, he hits for six. The last ball he bowls, he gets a wicket.
"He is just a phenomenal cricketer and a unique character. He said he wanted to walk off on a high and he has absolutely done that.
"It was fair that England won here, 2-2 is a fair result.
"I am sure they won’t look back. They will just look at what they’ve done for Test cricket.
"But if they had lost here and it was 3-1 they may have looked back and been a bit disappointed."
Many were expecting Broad to be emotional in the wake of his sensational heroics.
Instead, the England icon kept his cool and instead soaked in the occasion.
And Broad has now shed light on why he didn't cry or tear up, saying: "I am not too emotional, to be honest.
"Taking those last two wickets proved to me that I still loved taking wickets because I just ran around like a headless chicken.
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Stuart Broad took the last two wickets as England secured Ashes draw with Australia
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"I still have that emotion and love for winning Test matches.
"To take a wicket to win an Ashes Test match being my final ball was something that will make me smile for the rest of my life.
"When the dust has settled it will sink in. It still doesn't feel massively real.
"When I told the guys I couldn't remember what I said. I didn't feel like I was in my own body; I feel a little bit like that now."
Broad is now set to become a commentator and leaves Test cricket having taken 604 wickets - with only Anil Kumble, James Anderson, Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan taking more.
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