\u201cI think that\u2019s a genuine reaction and emotion, and that\u2019s why we love Ashes cricket so much because it brings that emotion out of you whether you\u2019re Australian or English. The game was moving every hour and you didn\u2019t know what was going to happen.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIf the cricket continues with that pace and velocity and emotion, we\u2019re in for a great summer, but England just need to grab those moments in the game slightly better.\u201d<\/p>\n
A part of England\u2019s victorious campaign here in 2010-11 but also a member of the squads whitewashed in 2013-14 and hammered in 2017-18 and 2021-22, Broad is no stranger to the daunting atmosphere created by a rampant Australian crowd.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve seen it plenty of times in Australia when not just the Australian cricket team grab the game but the whole stadium does and you felt the whole energy of everything change,\u201d Broad said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you felt a wicket was coming every single ball here. How do we calm everything down, how do you soak it all up and get back into the game?<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s so difficult to do because you\u2019re not just facing Mitchell Starc, you\u2019re facing a 50,000 crowd and the whole energy becomes quite intimidating.\u201d<\/p>\n
Returning to the scene of the crime on Sunday to film a show for Seven dissecting the events of the day before, Broad spoke of his disappointment at England\u2019s failure to ram home their advantage.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think my emotions this morning are almost a bit emotionally sad in the sense England got themselves in the best position here for 15 years at lunch yesterday, 100 runs ahead, one wicket down,\u201d Broad said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the time when you thought \u2018will they grab hold of this game and move it forward?\u2019<\/p>\n
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\u201cYou have to give huge credit to what Australia did. They changed their plans, they went a bit wider, but England didn\u2019t manage to cope with the change.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce Australia opened the door they just sprinted straight through it and bashed it down.\u201d<\/p>\n
Broad has played 15 Tests under England captain Ben Stokes. He said he had never seen Stokes as unsure on the field as he appeared during Head\u2019s blitz.<\/p>\n
\u201cTravis Head\u2019s played one of the greatest Ashes knocks I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d Broad said. \u201cI think England were a bit shell-shocked by what came their way. They wouldn\u2019t have planned for Travis Head to open the batting so you could tell the tactics and plans were slightly off.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve seen Ben Stokes out in the middle of a Test match going \u2018I\u2019m not 100 per cent sure what to do here\u2019, and that\u2019s a huge credit to how Travis Head went about his business.\u201d<\/p>\n