Ashes hero Stuart Broad in line for a knighthood, MPs claim
ASHES hero Stuart Broad is in line for a knighthood, MPs claim.
Cricket-mad Tory Chief Whip Simon Hart is said to be leading the charge for the England bowler to become a Sir.
Broad, 37, ended his 604-wicket Test career in spectacular fashion last week.
He hit the last ball he faced for six, then took a wicket with his final ball.
His heroics helped England beat Australia at The Oval to draw this year’s Ashes series.
He posed with fiancée Mollie King, 36, and daughter Annabella after the match.
MPs reckon ministers are also keen to again honour Broad — who played international cricket for 17 years and was made an MBE in 2016 for services to the sport.
James Daly, who chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cricket, said: “A knighthood would be richly deserved.”
A source said PM Rishi Sunak, also a cricket fan, was “very sympathetic” to the idea.
No10 declined to comment.
A number of other England cricket legends have previously been handed gongs.
Ex-captains Andrew Strauss and Alistair Cook have both been knighted.
While Ian Botham sits as a Tory peer in the House of Lords.