Travis Head delivered the perfect response to Stuart Broad’s Ashes prediction that England were about to face the worst Australian side in 15 years.
Head posted a picture of himself sharing a celebratory beverage with Australian captain Pat Cummins after the home side had beaten England in the third Test to retain the Ashes urn with two matches to spare.
“Is it 2010 yet?” he posted on social media on Sunday night with three laughing emojis.
Broad reacted on his For The Love of Cricket podcast by saying he stood by his comments.
“Do I regret saying that? No,” Broad said.
“I did say Australia would have to play very badly and England would have to play very well.
“Australia haven’t played very badly and England haven’t played very well.
“From England’s point of view, what would they have liked coming into this series?” A lot of things have gone England’s way.
“But England haven’t been good enough ultimately. Australia have been relentless in what they’ve done.
“Do I think the 2013-14 (Aussie squad) man for man was a better side? Yes, probably still.
“I don’t think individually they are better than any other team since 2010-11, but they’ve been relentless in the pressure they’ve managed to put on England.”
Mitchell Starc said the Aussies shield themselves from a lot of the media punditry but they clearly keep the receipts when former players like Broad shoot their mouths off.
“Whilst we don’t pay too much attention to it, things get heard and sent around,” he said on Monday.
“There’ll be a lot of pleasure being in the situation we are.”
Starc has bad news for anyone in the touring squad who thinks the Aussies might take their foot off the accelerator with Cummins (back) and Nathan Lyon (hamstring) sidelined for the two remaining dead rubbers.
“Its’ fantastic to be where we’re standing, the job’s not done.”
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