"I woke up with a huge smile on my face – I’ve not stopped smiling," The 23-year-old all-rounder, Stuart Broad said.

"We move on and focus on future challenges," he said.

"Our ultimate aim is to become the number one team in the world – but that does not happen overnight."

"We are not rabbits in the headlights without Fred. We have had to play at times without him before.

"But he has been a huge help to me, and I cannot thank him enough for what he has done for English cricket."

"It’s surreal being mentioned in the same sentence as those two," said Broad.

"But I’m not under any extra pressure – I just try to improve my game as much as I can.

"I’m certainly not in the all-rounder class Ian Botham and Andrew Flintoff were – they could make big hundreds. But I would like to be in the future."