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  Ashes 2013-14: Stuart Broad propels England to dominant position
  
  He takes 5-65 to reduce Australia to 273-8 at the close on day one at the Gabba
  
  Broad's infamous failure to walk during last summer's Ashes series will make the England player a target for home supporters throughout this winter. Based upon today's evidence, they would be wiser to follow the example of Brisbane's Courier Mail newspaper, who urged supporters to ignore a man who, in tomorrow's editions, they will describe only as "the 27-year-old medium pacer".
  
  Broad's name might not appear in the local press tomorrow, but it will be in the record books. A five-wicket haul - his first in Australia - proved once more than Broad loves to be at the centre of attention. He finished the day with five for 65.
  
  When Broad returned with the second new ball to bowl the dangerous Mitchell Johnson, who made 64, and take his fifth, he held up the ball and pointed it north, south, east and west. How he would have enjoyed the boos from some sections that accompanied his celebration. How different might the cricket have been had Broad been affected by a streaky first over

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