“A lot more has been made of words on the field between Robinson and Khawaja than ought to have been, to be honest. Ultimately, the ICC had no problem with Ollie’s reaction to dismissing Khawaja in the first innings and I didn’t like Matthew Hayden’s disparaging comments about him.

Ricky Ponting and Matthew Hayden

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“Yes, there was a bit of emotion on the field, but off it we are obviously seeing the Australian guys in the pavilion corridors all the time, eating lunch in the same room and we enjoyed a nice-natured week. Now a couple of expletives the other way and everyone is piling in. Where are we going with this?” wrote Broad in his column for the Daily Mail.

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Broad also called out former Australia captain Ricky Ponting for criticising Robinson, saying that he was also a big sledger in his playing days. “Ricky Ponting had a bit of a nibble because Robbo brought his name into things during a press conference, but not because Ricky was a huge sledger,” the pacer wrote.

“Ollie had a bit of a mind blank, Ponting was the most famous ex-Aussie cricketer he could think of, and that Australia team he played in was hardly full of shrinking violets, so the hoo-ha that was created surprised us,” he added.

‘The quietest first Test’

Now 0-1 behind, England will play Australia in the second Test at Lord’s from June 28. Broad is expecting that the Khawaja send-off chatter goes down as the series progresses. “Every time there was a rain break, guys were chatting to each other and it is ironic that it blew up into a story because I’d probably say out of all nine Ashes series in which I’ve played, verbally it was the quietest first Test I can recall,” wrote Broad.

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