Broad hits 'staggering' milestone as Aussies waste starts

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Former England skipper Nasser Hussain believes the hosts are "just edging" the 4th Ashes Test astatine stumps connected time 1 — a time highlighted by an unthinkable Stuart Broad accomplishment successful Manchester.

The English had a profitable time with the shot aft Ben Stokes sent the Australians successful to bat for the 3rd Test successful succession, leaving the visitors 8-299 astatine the adjacent of play.

While Chris Woakes led the complaint connected his mode to taking 4-52, the header enactment of the time belonged to Broad, who became conscionable the 5th antheral successful past to instrumentality 600 Test wickets.

AS IT HAPPENED: Fourth Test, time one astatine Old Trafford

Broad joined the revered nine erstwhile helium banged the shot successful short, lulled Travis Head into hooking and watched arsenic Joe Root gobbled up the shot astatine good leg.

The 37-year-old joined chap gait ace and long-time teammate James Anderson successful the 600-wicket club, arsenic good arsenic legendary spinners Muttiah Muralidaran, Shane Warne and Anil Kumble.

Muralidaran has 800 wickets beside his name, Warne 708, Anderson 688, Kumble 619 and Broad 600.

The lone different men who've reached the 500-wicket people are Glenn McGrath (563) and Courtney Walsh (519).

"Absolutely fantastic achievement," Michael Atherton said successful commentary erstwhile Broad moved to 600 Test wickets.

"No substance what benignant of a bowler you are, to get that fig of wickets is amazing, but to bash it arsenic a accelerated bowler, with each the stresses and strains connected your body, is rather incredible.

"In the discourse of this crippled and this day, that is simply a large wicket of Travis Head.

Stuart Broad celebrates taking his 600th Test wicket connected time 1 of the 4th Ashes Test astatine Old Trafford. (Clive Mason/Getty Image)

"But it is simply a precise peculiar wicket that Stuart Broad will retrieve for a long, agelong time.

"It is specified a staggering achievement."

Mitchell Starc (23) and Pat Cummins (one) were successful the mediate erstwhile time 1 drew its close.

"England person been fantabulous each day," Hussain said successful commentary.

"Another truly bully Test lucifer day.

"And England conscionable edging it. Having won different toss, they've bowled beautifully, they've caught well.

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"And Woakes and (Mark) Wood person been a large summation to this broadside to backmost up Anderson and Broad."

David Warner looked promising aboriginal successful the day, and peeled disconnected 3 fours, but the seasoned departed for 32 erstwhile Woakes caught his extracurricular edge.

Neither Australian opener troubled the English with Usman Khawaja mustering conscionable 3 runs earlier being trapped lbw by Broad.

Embattled Bairstow takes superb catch

What followed was a drawstring of starts but thing much — Steve Smith falling for 41, Marnus Labuschagne 51, Head 48 and Mitchell Marsh 51.

When Marsh was connected 35, Cameron Green prodded the shot to screen and called his batting spouse done for a single, lone to crook him backmost a 2nd oregon 2 later. Stokes was intent connected swooping connected the shot and catching Marsh retired of his crease astatine the bowler's end, but the England skipper fumbled.

Jonny Bairstow has had an atrocious bid down the stumps, but the England wicketkeeper pulled disconnected a magnificent drawback to nonstop Marsh connected his way, diving debased and astatine afloat agelong to his close to pluck a one-handed catch.

Alex Carey was rocked by the utmost gait of Mark Wood erstwhile his close elbow copped a viscous delivery. Woakes scalped the Australian gloveman soon after, Carey opting to permission but chopping on, conscionable arsenic he'd done successful the 3rd innings of the Headingley Test.

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