England fast bowler Stuart Broad on Sunday said his controversial axing from the team to tour the West Indies was delivered in a “five-minute phone call” which has “affected my sleep.” 

Broad, 35, has 537 Test wickets to his name, but he and fellow veteran James Anderson, who is the country’s record wicket taker with 640 victims, were dropped following the 0-4 Ashes rout in Australia.