[WATCH] Relive Stuart Broad's special bowling figures of 8/15 during Ashes 2015

The pressure was huge on Stuart Broad, the veteran England fast bowler, especially in the absence of James Anderson, coming into the fourth Ashes 2015 Test at his home ground, Trent Bridge in Nottingham. They needed to win the game to win the urn back home, and for that, they needed to go through the touring batting line-up.

Stuart Broad sent back the left-handed batter, Chris Rogers, to draw first blood on the third ball of the fixture. The southpaw went for a huge drive and ended up in the hands of the slip field. Two balls later, he squared up Steve Smith into the third slip fielder, before he got Shaun Marsh in the same fashion.

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All the batters were going for the huge drives, but were not successful in getting the right balance on the surface. Broad, later, earned the wicket of Adem Voges for one run in four balls as Ben Stokes grabbed an incredible catch at the gully region. Suddenly, they found themselves five down on the first ball of the fifth delivery.

Watch: Relive Stuart Broad’s bowling figures of 8/15 during Ashes 2015

Michael Clarke, the captain of the Australian side, got frustrated with the batting performance and went for a flashing drive against Stuart Broad. He got an outside edge on the bat as the ball flew into the slips region, where Sir Alastair Cook grabbed a special catch. Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Johnson’s feet were stuck on the crease and got caught at the slips.

Nathan Lyon was the last man to go for nine runs as the visitors were bundled for just 60 runs in 18.3 overs. The right-arm pacer ended with figures of 8/15 in 9.3 overs for an economy rate of 1.61 with five maidens. The Three Lions, then, piled up 391/9 in their first innings to grab a lead by 331 runs.

Australia did well with the bat in comparison in the second innings. Voges, Rogers, and David Warner were the three half-centurions of the innings, but their 253 runs were not enough to save them from the defeat by innings and 78 runs. Broad added one more wicket to the tally in the second innings.