He accomplished the feat by firing Australian Travis Head, who was caught crocheting by thin-legged Joe Root for 48 years.
With that wicket, the 37-year-old fast bowler became part of an esteemed group of five bowlers who reached the remarkable milestone of 600 Test wickets.
The exclusive club includes Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (800), Australian Shane Warne (708), England’s James Anderson (688) and India’s Anil Kumble (619).
Broad and Anderson, the other active bowler in this group, are the only Rapids to have taken 600 Test wickets.
Broad started this match, his 166th Test, on 598 wickets.
But after England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and opted to field on Wednesday, Broad delivered an early blow when he had lbw Usman Khawaja for three to leave Australia 15-1.
He had to wait for his 11th for the historic wicket, with southpaw Head snagging a bouncer and Joe Root holding a low hold as he went thin-legged out of bounds.
Head’s exit left Australia trailing 189-5 as England, 2-1 with two Tests remaining, chase the win they need to keep their hopes of winning back from the Ashes alive.
Broad’s double strike on Wednesday also saw him overtake Ian Botham as England’s top Test taker against Australia with 150 wickets.
Broad, the son of former England batsman Chris Broad, made his Test debut against Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2007 under manager Michael Vaughan.
The then Leicestershire setter – Broad now plays for Nottinghamshire – had only started bowling relatively late in his school career as an up-and-coming batsman.
But internationally, he became famous for his winning spells, taking five or more wickets 20 times in an innings.
Three times he took at least 10 wickets in a test, his ability to generate late stitching moves often proving too much for the best batsmen in the world.
The most famous comeback of Broad’s career was his remarkable 8-15 at Trent Bridge in the Ashes’ triumph over England in 2015 in a game which Anderson missed through injury.
Broad also scored a stunning 169 against Pakistan at Lord’s in 2010 before his stick regressed after his nose was broken by a bouncer from India’s Varun Aaron four years later.
Broad, whose wickets have reached an economic average of just over 27 apiece, is also the only English bowler to score two Test hat-tricks.
The first came against India in 2011 on a 6-46 run, with the second against Sri Lanka in 2014.
(With AFP inputs)
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