‘You have to admire him for not walking’ – Shane Warne takes a dig at Stuart Broad on 2013 Ashes controversy

Legendary spinner Shane Warne has taken a sly dig at Stuart Broad surrounding a controversial incident the latter was involved in during the 2013 Ashes. During the opening Test of the series at the Trent Bridge in Nottingham, Broad refused to walk after he seemingly edged a ball off Ashton Agar. On-field umpire Aleem Dar didn’t give the batter out.

The Aussies were unable to challenge Dar’s decision since they had already lost both their reviews. Broad was on 37 during that time and he went on to score 65 runs off 148 balls with the help of seven fours. On the back of Broad’s half-century, England set their opponent a target of 311 runs after which the home team won the match by 14 runs.

In the meantime, Warne also lashed out at Dar for not being able to make the correct decisions in crunch moments. Warne took to Twitter and wrote, “You have to admire @StuartBroad8 for not walking here. Showed serious Kahunas hahaha. Also shows you how bad an umpire Aleem Dar was and how many decisions he got wrong !!!!!!!”

Shane Warne’s tweet

Later, Broad, the second-highest wicket-taker for the Brits in Test cricket, also opened up on the matter and said that he wasn’t sure if he was out or not.

“It wasn’t as clear-cut as everyone had thought, although I knew I’d hit it. For players on the field not to have known if I nicked it proves there was confusion. It was an odd one. There was no particular noise because of the noise of Haddin’s gloves,” Broad had said.

“I went down to the other end and Ian Bell said, ‘what happened there? I didn’t hear anything’. Agar came up to me and asked if I’d nicked it because he wasn’t sure.

“Walking’s an interesting one. You have a split second and sometimes when you edge it you walk out of pure frustration. You kick yourself and walk away,” he added.

Broad is currently taking part in the ongoing second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval. In the first innings, he picked up the crucial wicket of Marcus Harris and conceded 73 runs in 26 overs.