Ashes 2013: Top five bowlers

3. Stuart Broad

Another reason, the Englishmen retained the Ashes was this right-arm pacer. Stuart Broad took 22 wickets in the series in 10 innings, at an average of 27.45. Though he looked off-colour in the first three matches, he absolutely destroyed the Australian batting line-up at Chester-le-Street. After England were dismissed for a paltry 238, Stuart Broad led the bowling for the hosts with 5 wickets to bowl out Australia at 270. However, his best was yet to come. He took 6 wickets in the 2^nd innings under immense pressure when the target for the Australians was a modest 299. He shared the new ball with Jimmy Anderson and stupefied the audience with superb figures of 6/50 from almost 19 overs.