Stuart Broad one of the world's best ever bowlers despite su

Stuart Broad one of the world’s best ever bowlers despite suffering from asthma
David Charlesworth
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England’s Stuart Broad is one of only seven bowlers in the history of Test cricket to reach 500 wickets, forging a hugely successful career in professional sport despite a lifelong battle with asthma.
Here, the PA news agency talks to the seamer about his difficulties in coming to terms with his asthma and how he manages his condition.
What impact did asthma have in your early years?
“My asthma started from the day I was born. I probably became aware of it from the age of six or seven and fully aware of it from 12 or 13 – that’s when I fully started to actually feel like my breathing would get tight and I started to understand what asthma was. I think the biggest thing I suffered with, with my asthma as a teenager was I wouldn’t tell anyone about it. I suppose I was a bit ashamed of having it because I didn’t want to get the judgement from my friends at school. I had an asthma attack when I was 14 and had to have two weeks off school and I just didn’t tell my friends why I was off school. I just said I wasn’t very well which now seems mad.”

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