Education
Broad was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School.
Broad was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School.
He is a right-handed opening batsman. Broad is the son of Wayne Broad, who played for Queensland between 1977 and 1983. He was first selected to represent Queensland in November 2005 in a four-day match against Victoria (he scored 23 and 3 in each innings).
He took the field for the Australian national team as a substitute fieldsman during the 2006-2007 Ashes series, where he caught Andrew Strauss.
In November 2011, he reached his highest score in first class cricket, hitting 135 in the second innings of a Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia.