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Aussie all-rounder backs Broad over "worst team" Ashes sledge
SEN • October 16th, 2025 12:13 pm
With battle lines drawn and the war of the words well under way, Stuart Broad has received backing for his “worst Aussie team since 2010” comments from an unlikely source.
Off the back of former test opener David Warner's prediction that Australia would win the forthcoming series 4-0 despite the loss of Pat Cummins to injury, Broad hit back.
"You wouldn’t be outlandish in thinking – it’s actually not an opinion, it’s a fact – it’s probably the worst Australian team since 2010 when England last won. And it’s the best English team since 2010,” he said on his podcast, For The Love Of Cricket.
Former Australian all-rounder Steve O’Keefe said he “fundamentally and absolutely” agreed with the comments Broad made.
“I’m looking at the squad we had then,” O’Keefe said on SEN Run Home. “Ponting and Clarke, Haddin, Harris, Johnson, Katich, young Khawaja and Smith, England handed it to us 3-1.
“Cook dominated that series, James Anderson took 24 wickets. It was a well led team by Andrew Strauss.
“That English team was fantastic. I do agree with the sentiment (from Broad).
“I do agree that this English team is the best since 2010 and I do think this is the most vulnerable the Australians have looked since 2010. It’s not the worst team.
“There was a lot of instability about the spin bowling during that (2011) series, it was not consistent. It was imbalanced but some of the greatest Aussie cricketers played in that team.
“I think what he is saying is that this is the closest it could be, and Australia is under pressure, and I absolutely and fundamentally agree with Stuart Broad on that. I have tipped England to win.
“We know what these guys are capable of when they’re at the best but to come over and get it done is different.
“I love when players come out and make comments like this. I want to hear more of this character in conversations.”
