Ryan Broad

Ryan Andrew Broad (born 9 March 1982) is an Australian professional cricketer who played for the Queensland cricket team. He is a right-handed opening batsman.^[1] Broad was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School.^[2]

Ryan Broad

Personal information
Full name	Ryan Andrew Broad
Born	(1982-03-09) 9 March 1982 (age 43) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
Relations	Wayne Broad (father)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005/06–2011/12	Queensland
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 57 29 Runs scored 3,208 666 Batting average 32.73 23.78 100s/50s 8/13 0/5 Top score 135 92 Balls bowled 134 – Wickets 2 – Bowling average 39.00 – 5 wickets in innings 0 – 10 wickets in match 0 – Best bowling 1/5 – Catches/stumpings 35/– 35/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 January 2012

Broad is the son of Wayne Broad, who played for Queensland between 1977 and 1983.^[1] He was first selected to represent Queensland in November 2005 in a four-day match against Victoria (he scored 23 and 3 in each innings).^[3][4] He took the field for the Australian national team as a substitute fieldsman during the 2006–07 Ashes series, where he caught Andrew Strauss.^[5] In November 2011, he reached his highest score in first class cricket, hitting 135 in the second innings of a Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia.^[6]

Broad last played for Queensland in the 2011/12 season and he retired from Queensland Premier Cricket, where he had been captaining Wynnum Manly, after the 2015/16 season. He had passed his father to achieve the record amount of runs scored by anyone to bat for Wynnum Manly in his last season.^[7]