Ashes 2023: David Warner dismissed 17th time by Stuart Broad - dismissals by Ashes

Cricket is a funny old game. In this sport, you sometimes are at the top, and the next minute you are down and out.

The see-saw ebbs and flows of the game is an enthralling aspect, but what happens if the graph only gets downhill? Well, that seems to be the case for David Warner when it comes to Stuart Broad.

David Warner Ashes 2023 — David Warner has found things difficult against Stuart Broad

Stuart Broad dismissed David Warner for the 17th time in 51 meetings on Friday at Headingley. This was also the second time in the match that Broad dismissed Warner as England fought back against Australia in the third Ashes Test.

Having already snared Warner in the first Test last month, Broad had his old foe caught in the slips on day one in Leeds and then replicated the trick yet again on the 2nd day.

Warner, who was dismissed for just 4 runs in the 1st innings, could manage a solitary run in the second as Zak Crawley grabbed the southpaw's edge twice in two days.

But 17 times is not a matter of joke. And it hasn't happened overnight. Since 2013, Warner has been falling victim to Stuart Broad's bowling, and it is an astonishing piece of statistics that the batter has fallen 33.3 per cent times when he has faced Broad in a Test match.

We take a look at all the other instances of Warner being Broad's prey over the years-

Warner Dismissal To Broad in Ashes 2023 - 3 Times (and counting)

Warner has already been dismissed thrice in the ongoing Ashes series. Once in the first Test and twice in the Third Test.

Warner Dismissal To Broad in 2021-2022 Ashes - 2 Times

It was not until the fourth Test at Sydney that Broad had the left-hander in his pocket with a trademark outswinger pouched at second slip.

In the Final Test in Hobart, Warner fell again at the hands of Broad, this time a simple catch at point led to his demise.

Warner Dismissal To Broad in Ashes 2019 - 7 times

This was the series where Stuart Broad literally made Warner his bunny. The Aussie batter fell seven out of ten times to Broad and had a dismal series. After two series without any success, it was all Broad this time around.

He managed just 95 runs across the five Tests at a meagre average of just 9.5 in a torrid tour. Believe it or not, Broad was not just the highest wicket-taker for England with 23 scalps, but finished with a better batting average (12) than Warner in that series.

Warner Dismissal To Broad in 2017-18 Ashes - 0 times

Less than two years earlier and it was Warner who held the upper hand in the head-to-head contest. Broad had a poor series by his lofty standards with just 11 wickets across the whole series while Warner amassed 441 runs at 63.

Warner never fell to Broad yet again, even Joe Root picked him once in the series, but Stuart not!

Warner Dismissal To Broad in 2015 Ashes - 0 times

Broad was the leading wicket-taker on either side with 21 dismissals at 20.9 but he was never able to dislodge Warner, who amassed 418 at 46.44. Even in Broad's career-best eight for 15 at Trent Bridge which swung a see-saw series England's way, it was Mark Wood who prised out Warner.

Warner Dismissal To Broad in 2013-14 Ashes - 4 times

After months of being baited by the Australian media for his memorable refusal to walk in the series opener between the teams, Broad accounted for Warner en route to recording six for 81. Warner got out of Broad in the 2nd innings as well.

Broad got him twice more in the series where he took 21 wickets, England's solitary bright spark as they suffered a 5-0 whitewash. Warner scored more than 500 runs in the series.

Warner Dismissal To Broad in 2013 Ashes - 1 time

Warner made his Ashes debut in the third Test at Old Trafford, just weeks after being hit with a suspension for an unprovoked attack on Joe Root in a Birmingham nightclub.

Warner's rivalry with the fast bowler who would go on to become his tormentor began in the next Test at Chester-le-Street when he was castled for a duck in the first innings. It was the only time in the series Warner fell to Broad, whose 11 for 121 in the north-east remains his career-best match figure.