Stuart Broad shuns comparisons with Glenn McGrath: Don’t deserve to be in that sort of category

England’s Stuart Broad equalled Australia great Glenn McGrath in the number of wickets tally after picking up 4 wickets in the final Test match of the South Africa series. Being asked about this feat, Broad chose to remain humble.

England's Stuart Broad equalled Glenn McGrath in the most number of Test wicket's tally after he picked up four against South Africa in the first innings of the final Test match of the series. With 563 wickets to his name, Broad is now joint second in the Test wicket tally for pacers after his teammate James Anderson, who leads with 665 wickets.

When asked about touching the legendary Glenn McGrath, Broad said that the Australian was a hero of his and he does not deserve to in the same category.

"He's (McGrath) a hero of mine. I feel like I don't really deserve to be in that sort of category, to be honest, and obviously he's played a lot less games," Broad told Sky Sports after the third day of the Test.

McGrath, one of the greatest proponents of seam movement and control is considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest fast bowler to have graced the game. McGrath, combined with Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie among others, formed one of the most lethal bowling partnerships of all time.

"He (McGrath) was great, one of the greatest bowlers of all time in my opinion. but it feels very special to hopefully get one more and join my mate Jimmy as a one-two in that list of seamers," Broad added.

England bundled out South Africa in the first innings of the third day of the final Test match for just 118 runs. England were dominant against rushed South Africa, with Ollie Robinson picking up 5 wickets and Stuart Broad picking 4. On return, England were only able to put up 158 runs in their first innings, keeping their noses just ahead of the competition.