Veteran England all-rounder Stuart Broad, who made a hat-trick during the second Test match against India at Trent Bridge, said his effort will mean little if England do not go on and win the game.

Broad commenced his hat-trick when Indian skipper M.S Dhoni drifted outside off stump and was caught at slip cordon by James Anderson.

On the subsequent ball he plumbed lbw to Harbhjan Singh which was followed the dismissal of Praveen Kumar, whose stumps were plunked.
“Your best days only come when you win, so at the end of the Test match it might well turn out to be if we perform well,” Broad said while talking to a leading British newspaper on Saturday.

“It was a pretty special occasion, but it’s all about winning Test matches,” added Broad.

Broad became 12th English bowler to make hat-trick

Broad becomes the 12th English bowler to make a hat-trick in longer-version cricket and the first since left-armer Ryan Sidebottom in Hamilton in 2008, as well the first player from any country to snap a three wickets in a row in Test cricket against India.

When asked about his feelings to the fore of the hat-trick ball, Broad added: “The atmosphere was amazing, Trent Bridge was really bouncing.

“I wanted to take a little bit of it in, of course, but I knew that it was a good chance to knock over the tail.

The ball was moving a little bit: Broad

“The ball was moving a little bit and I wanted to make sure I hit the stumps, so I just came wide of the crease and tried to angle it in as close to the stumps as I possibly could, and fortunately it just nipped back and caught the top of off.”

On the occasion when India was in well-established position and it was seemed that the tourists are going to grab a massive lead Broad, folded up the India’s innings for 288 single-handedly with his career best six scalps for 46 runs.

On the question about day three’s scenario Broad said:

“Tomorrow’s a huge day of cricket, it’s all about winning games and I expect the crowd of Nottingham to be pretty similar and supportive as they were today,” said Broad, who vindicated the English batting with a blitzing half-century on day first.

ENGLAND’S 12 TEST HAT-TRICKS

Billy Bates v Australia (Melbourne, 1883)
Johnny Briggs v Australia (Sydney, 1892)
George Lohmann v South Africa (Port Elizabeth, 1896)
Jack Hearne v Australia (Headingley, 1899)
Maurice Allom v New Zealand (Christchurch, 1930)
Tom Goddard v South Africa (Johannesburg, 1938)
Peter Loader v West Indies (Headingley, 1957)
Dominic Cork v West Indies (Old Trafford, 1995)
Darren Gough v Australia (Sydney, 1999)
Matthew Hoggard v West Indies (Barbados, 2004)
Ryan Sidebottom v New Zealand (Hamilton, 2008)
Stuart Broad v India (Trent Bridge, 2011)