Stuart Broad reaches 500 Test wickets milestone

England's Stuart Broad became the seventh bowler to take 500 wickets in Test cricket.

The 34-year-old paceman reaches the milestone when he dismissed Kraigg Brathwaite on the final day of the third Test against West Indies at Old Trafford.

Broad made his Test debut in 2007, now has joined one of cricket's most exclusive clubs of 500 Test wickets. He made the history in his 140th Test match.

He is the second Englishman to reach the milestone, after James Anderson.

Broad has also been a useful tailender batsman and has scored over 3,000 Test runs, including a century and 13 half-centuries.

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