Broad, regularly a target of the Australian media and fans in recent years, could not pass up the opportunity to comment on the current situation Australian cricket finds itself in.

Broad said it was odd that Australia would feel the need to change their tactics: “I saw Steve Smith say in his press conference it’s the first time they’ve tried it. To me, it’s surprising they’d change a method that had been working.

“Look at the Ashes series we’ve just played, they’ve reverse swung the ball in conditions you wouldn’t expect to.

“There was no evidence they were doing this in the Ashes, from what I’ve seen.”

When asked if it was hypocritical, Broad said: “I would agree with you. You look at the quotes from that 2013 interview – where he basically asked a country to send an opposition player home crying. I didn’t, and I actually quite enjoyed the series.

“I then can’t understand why you’d come out and moan about a different country. Any England player that has toured Australia can laugh at those comments. It looks like Australia have started a lot of fights and then moaning when someone comes back,” he added.