Broad terms successful Test campaign against India 'a big learning curve'

England fast bowler Stuart Broad is delighted to have responded to this summer's first serious question marks over his international standing with a string of outstanding all-round performances in the just concluded Test series against India.

Broad was dropped from the England squad for the fifth and final ODI against Sri Lanka in July after weeks of struggling for form.

The 25-year-old, who was later sent to Nottinghamshire in an attempt to recapture his form, came back to be named as the Man of the Series in the 4-0 whitewash of India.

"It has been a big learning curve. It was the first time this summer in my short career that I have been put under a huge amount of pressure like that. You do start asking questions of yourself. Those questions needed answering," Sky Sports quoted Broad, as saying.

"The solution came from within, with a little trusted advice along the way. It doesn't matter what people think outside the changing room - I personally had to work out what type of bowler I wanted to be and what was the best way to take Test wickets."

"Then for it to happen straight away at Lord's, to pick up four wickets - and could have potentially had more - that length showed me the way to go. I followed that throughout the Test series, and 25 wickets at 13 or 14 speak for themselves," he added.

Broad had a 'Bothamesque' Test on his home ground at Trent Bridge - 108 runs and eight wickets, including a first-innings hat-trick.

He finished the series with 25 wickets at an average of 13.84 and a batting average of over 60.