Legendary pacer Stuart Broad is planning to take a coaching role in the England cricket tradition to produce some young talent for the nation.

Being the second-highest wicket-taker as a fast bowler in test cricket next to James Anderson, he has discussed with the England Cricket team’s managing director, Rob Key and expressed his desire to groom the U17 and U19 players.

“It’s certainly something I want to stay connected to, the coaching,” Broad, who has taken 604 Test wickets,” told a report.

“I’ve chatted to Rob Key a little bit about doing some stuff with the younger bowlers in the England setups when the schedule suits,” added Broad.

Stuart Broad who has secured 7th place in the list of all-time highest wicket-taker across formats, added that though he had not set a timeline on taking the plunge into coaching, he was coaching optimistic it could happen as early as next year.

“I haven’t set any sort of targets or dates of coaching or what’s to come, but probably next year I’d start looking at dipping my toe into it a little bit more.” said Stuart Broad.

He believes that he can play a role in accelerating the development of younger bowlers in the England set-up.

“The U19s or even U17s – you really know what you’re developing, and you’ve got your base of technique, but the growth you can make between 15 and 20 is huge.”

“What excites me the most is, where’s the next Jofra Archer? Where’s the next Jimmy Anderson? I watched on Instagram, Harry Moore, who’s been out with a stress fracture. I look at him and go, ‘huge talent, 6ft 6in, swings it both ways, hits good areas’.

“Where could he be in four years’ time? Maybe even less than that? Where can you spot these players whose ceiling is very high?” Stuart Broad said that he agrees with Rob Key’s plan of engaging stalwarts like andrew Flintoff and Graeme Smith, to strengthen England cricket.

“I’m completely on Rob Key’s side. You want your best cricket brains still sharing information to the best players, and you don’t want them to be put off by having to jump through loads and loads of hoops that might be a bit unnecessary with the knowledge they’ve got.”

“The level of analysis that Ricky Ponting gives, the detail that he’s going into. The tone of voice with Ravi shastri – how he can go up and down and pick moments to really go. I’m always looking and learning.

“I’m definitely all in on the broadcasting at this moment in time, because I’m certainly not at a level that I’m comfortable with. I want to get better and better and be in those moments where I’m calling great cricket,” he concluded.