Sweet home memories for Broad ahead of second Test Published on Thursday 24 May 2012 02:46 After claiming a hat-trick on his home ground last year, Stuart Broad is hoping to send Trent Bridge wild once again this week. Nottinghamshire seamer Broad made the most of familiar surroundings against India last summer by removing Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar with consecutive deliveries, sparking celebrations the 25-year-old will not easily forget. He is in prime form to produce more heroics when the second Investec Test against the West Indies starts tomorrow, having taken the man-of-the-match award for his 11-wickets at Lord's in the series opener. Trent Bridge is renowned as one of England's most receptive grounds for swing and seam bowling and Broad relishes his return to a profitable hunting ground. "Being on your home ground, where you have the support, as well as family and friends, is always a fantastic feeling," he said. I love playing at Trent Bridge. It's one of the best grounds in the world and a lot of the other guys love it too. If you bowl well, there's always something in it for you. I have very fond memories [of the hat-trick]. It was definitely one of the highlights of my career. We got the new ball when India were in a very strong position. Straussy said "let's go for broke. Let's try to hit the stumps. Don't worry too much about the runs because we need to make some breakthroughs. That worked me. I don't think it could have been much better. It was a Saturday evening about 5pm and the crowd was really lively. The atmosphere was incredible when I bowled Kumar for the hat-trick. It went wild. Broad's efforts at Lord's took him to joint third in the ICC's Test bowling rankings, level with his new ball partner James Anderson. With Graeme Swann in fifth place, England's attack is clearly marked as one of the best in the world and Broad believes the strength in depth in the squad is a big factor in their success. "To have Swanny, Jimmy and myself all in the top five is testament to how far we've come as a team," he said. We're consistently grabbing wickets whenever possible. Jimmy and I work together on most aspects of our bowling so for us both to be in the top three or four is brilliant for both of us. It's an honour to be up there. In international cricket, you always have to be at the top of your game and keep performing. You keep pushing yourself in training to get better. Having the strength of competition that we have is important in that. Steven Finn would be in most Test teams in the world at the moment and he's having to wait patiently for his opportunity. Although England completed an expected win at Lord's, the five-wicket margin was closer than many had anticipated. A much-improved second-innings batting performance by West Indies gave them a sniff of victory but that has not stopped talk of star batsman Chris Gayle being summoned before the end of the three-match series. He has not played Test cricket since December 2010 due to a disagreement with the West Indies Cricket Board, but the two parties appear closer than ever to reconciliation. With his Indian Premier League commitments at an end he is theoretically available for the third Test, but Broad insists he is not a concern. "We haven't looked at any footage of Chris," said Broad. He's not in the squad and, until we hear otherwise, he's not on our radar.