SCJ Broad of England became the seventh bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 500 wickets in tests. His 500^th victim was KC Brathwaite whom he had leg before wicket for 19 in West Indies second innings.  He needed nine wickets to reach the land mark and captured six wickets in the first innings of the third test at Manchester and his third wicket West Indies’ second innings on the final day of the  test – that of KC Brathwaite whom he had leg before – gave him his 500^th wicket. At the end of the test his wicket aggregate read 501. He captured 10 for 67 in this test – 6 for 31 in the first innings and 4 for 36 in the second innings. The following table lists the seven bowlers who have captured 500 plus wickets.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	5	10
1	M Muralitharan	Srl	133	230	44039	18180	800	67	22
2	SK Warne	Aus	145	273	40705	17995	708	37	10
3	A Kumble	Ind	132	236	40850	18355	619	35	08
4	JM Anderson	Eng	153	286	33163	15820	589	28	03
5	GD McGrath	Aus	124	243	29248	12186	563	29	03
6	CA Walsh	Win	132	242	30019	12688	519	22	03
7	SCJ Broad	Eng	140	258	28440	14002	501	18	02

SCJ Broad of England became the fourth pace bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 500 wickets in tests after JM Anderson,GD McGrath and CA Walsh.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	5	10
1	JM Anderson	Eng	153	286	33163	15820	589	28	03
2	GD McGrath	Aus	124	243	29248	12186	563	29	03
3	CA Walsh	Win	132	242	30019	12688	519	22	03
4	SCJ Broad	Eng	140	258	28440	14002	501	18	03

SCJ Broad of England became the second England bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 500 wickets in tests after JM Anderson

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	5	10
1	JM Anderson	Eng	153	286	33163	15820	589	28	03
2	SCJ Broad	Eng	140	258	28440	14002	500	18	03

SCJ Broad’s career figures – opposition wise read thus.  He has played 140 tests. He has captured five or wickets in an innings on 18 occasions and ten or more wickets in a match on three occasions. His best innings effort is 8 for 15 against Australia at Nottingham in Aug 2015. His best match effort is  11 for 121 against Australia at Chester-le-Street in Aug 2013.

Opp	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	W	5	10
Aus	32	58	1085.2	222	3464	118	7	1
Ban	03	06	102.0	024	0319	008	0	0
Ind	20	36	644.0	174	1797	070	2	0
Ire	01	02	027.0	008	0079	007	0	0
NZl	16	29	566.5	116	1794	066	4	0
Pak	16	31	524.0	154	1296	054	0	0
SAF	22	41	773.3	184	2259	075	2	0
Srl	11	21	389.0	077	1176	030	0	0
Win	19	34	628.2	154	1818	073	3	2
Total	140	258	4740.0	1113	14002	501	18	3

The following are some of the cricketing highlights of his illustrious test career

He made his test debut against Sri Lanka at Colombo-SSC in Dec 2007. His first test wicket  was  that of WPUJC Vaas whom he had caught by bell for 4. He returned with bowling figures of 36.0-5-95-1

The following table lists the wickets in progressive milestones of 100 wickets captured by SCJ Broad against opposition and month/year. PW denoted Cumulative wickets at the end of the test.

Wkt	Mat	Inns	PW	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
First	001	001	001	Srl	Col-SSC	Dec 2007
100th	035	062	103	Srl	Cardiff	May 2011
200th	060	108	201	Aus	Manchester	Aug 2013
300th	083	152	308	Aus	Nottingham	Aug 2015
400th	115	209	402	NZl	Auckland	Mar 2018
500th	140	258	501	Win	Manchester	Jul 2020

The following table lists the victims of SCJ Broad in progressive milestones of 100 wickets captured by SCJ Broad with names of batsmen, runs scored by them and mode of dismissal

No	Batsman	Score	How Out	Fielder	Opp	I	Mon/Year
001	WPUJC Vaas	004	caught	IR Bell	Srl	1	Dec 2007
100	P Jayawardene	112	caught	MJ Prior	Srl	1	May 2011
200	MJ Clarke	187	bowled		Aus	1	Aug 2013
300	CJL Rogers	000	caught	AN Cook	Aus	1	Aug 2015
400	TWM Latham	026	caught	CR Woakes	NZl	1	Mar 2018
500	KC Brathwaite	019	Lbw		Win	2	Jul 2020
501	J Blackwood	023	caught	JC Buttler	Win	2	Jul 2020

His 18 five wicket innings hauls are detailed below

No	W	Runs	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	5	85	Win	Kingston	04 Feb 2009
2	6	91	Aus	Leeds	07 Aug 2009
3	5	37	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 2009
4	6	46	Ind	Nottingham	29 Jul 2011
5	7	72	Win	Lord’s	17 May 2012
6	5	69	SAF	Leeds	02 Aug 2012
7	6	51	NZl	Wellington	14 Mar 2013
8	7	44	NZl	Lord’s	16 May 2013
9	5	71	Aus	Ch-le-St	09 Aug 2013
10	6	50	Aus	Ch-le-St	09 Aug 2013
11	6	81	Aus	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013
12	6	25	Ind	Manchester	07 Aug 2014
13	5	109	NZl	Leeds	29 May 2015
14	8	15	Aus	Nottingham	06 Aug 2015
15	6	17	SAF	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016
16	6	54	NZl	Christchurch	30 Mar 2018
17	5	86	Aus	Birmingham	01 Aug 2019
18	6	31	Win	Manchester	24 Jul 2020

His ten wickets match hauls are detailed below

No	W	Runs	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	11	165	Win	Lord’s	17 May 2012
2	11	121	Aus	Ch-le-St	09 Aug 2013
3	10	067	Win	Manchester	24 Jul 2020