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Stuart Broad has claimed that Australia is coming out with one of the worst teams for an Ashes series since 2010. Broad’s comments have garnered a lot of attention from cricket fans, especially when he has spent 15 years as Australia’s arch-nemesis before retiring after the 2023 Ashes.

“It’s probably the worst Australian team since 2010 when England last won, and it’s the best English team since 2010,” Broad, who is now working as a pundit, Stuart Broad said on his BBC Podcast For The Love of Cricket hosted with Jos Buttler.

“It’s actually not an opinion, it’s fact. So those things match up to the fact it’s going to be a brilliant Ashes series. When we have, since 2010, been discussing who is going to bat No.1, 2, 3, 6, 8 and who is going to be the spare bowler for Australia,” Broad said. “You’re always going in there going: ‘well, the Aussies, they’re really strong. They’ve just got the same bowlers, the same team’.

Stuart Broad hit back at David Warner’s bold 4-0 prediction, dismissing the Australian opener’s claim that England were “playing for a moral victory.” 

Reactions to bold Stuart Broad claim that this is the worst Australia team since 2010

Reacting to this statement, a X user said, “Stuart obviously is not accounting for 26-year-old 6’6″ prime Cameron Green. Rude awakening incoming.”, while others said, “I wouldn’t say it’s the worst Australian team since 2010, or the best England one. What I would say is that England has its best chance since then for its first #Ashes win in Australia”.

Broad questioned Australia’s confidence, pointing to uncertainties in their batting line-up and what he described as a “thin” bowling attack. He further noted that skipper Pat Cummins himself had admitted he was unlikely to feature in the first Test, raising doubts about Australia’s depth heading into the series.

“But in 2010, when they were trying to replace [Glenn] McGrath, [Shane] Warne, [Matthew] Hayden, [Justin] Langer, they didn’t have a spinner. They changed the seamers all the time, and they had a bit of a mixed match of batters. So I don’t think anyone could argue that it’s their weakest team since 2010,” Stuart Broad said.

The first Ashes Test begins at the Optus Stadium and will take place from November 21-25. Australia will be engaged in a white-ball series against India prior to that.

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