Australia coach Lehmann fined over Broad ‘cheat’ comments
Australia coach was angered by batsman's refusal to walk during the first Ashes Test
Australia coach Darren Lehmann was fined 20 per cent of his match fee by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after accusing England's Stuart Broad of "blatant cheating".
Victory sent England on their way to taking an unbeatable 3-0 series lead in the Ashes heading into the ongoing fifth and final Test at The Oval, which started on Wednesday.
After Broad defended his actions earlier this week, an unimpressed Lehmann told the Australian radio station Triple M in an interview broadcast on Wednesday: "Certainly our players haven't forgotten, they're calling him everything under the sun as they go past.
"I hope the Australian public are the same because that was just blatant cheating. I don't advocate walking but when you hit it to first slip it's pretty hard," he said.
"From my point of view I just hope the Australian public give it to him right from the word go for the whole summer [during the return series in Australia starting in November] and I hope he cries and he goes home," Lehmann added.
"I just hope everyone gets stuck into him because the way he's carried on and the way he's commented in public about it is ridiculous."