Having observed the drama of the ICC World T20 Final from his West Bridgford home, Stuart Broad concluded that watching cricket is far more nerve-racking than playing.

“It was a spectacular final, but it’s way worse being a fan sat at home watching on telly than actually playing,” said the world’s number one Test bowler.

“My emotions were up and down and it ended in heartbreak.

“Both teams can be very proud of the way they played in the tournament; they’ve excited everyone in the world that watched it.

“We didn’t come out on the right side, but it was a great game to watch.”

The 29-year-old is a mainstay of England’s team in red ball cricket, but has stepped aside from the white ball format in recent months allowing the likes of David Willey, Chris Jordan and Ben Stokes to take centre stage.

Stokes endured the trauma of delivering the four successive deliveries that disappeared for six in the final chapter of Sunday’s compelling drama.

It’s a position with which Broad can empathise having been on the receiving end of six sixes in an over from Yuvraj Singh back in 2007, and he backed Stokes to bounce back stronger than ever.

“That’s sport isn’t it? You’re going to have highs and lows,” he said. “The reason you do all your training is to try and have more highs than lows.

“Three and a half months ago Stokesy scored the quickest double hundred for England and lit up Cape Town.

“As long as you learn from it, the next time you get into that position, it might not be in a World Cup Final again, but you can take points from the emotion you felt.

“There’s no point trying to forget about it straight away, try and learn a little bit from how you felt and what you’d do differently for next time you’re in that position.

“There will be times when every bowler is asked to bowl the last over and every bowler is going to lose now and again but you want to come out with a win more often than not.”

 

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