Stuart Broad cops brutal jibe from Aussie fan

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While walking through the famous Long Room to take his place at the wicket, the all-rounder was interrupted by Marcus Naughton who yelled out: "see you in five!"

The suggestion that he would be immediately dismissed didn't sit well with Broad who walked back to Naughton and wielded his bat towards him, as seen in this picture taken by the Aussie fan:


A photo of Stuart Broad taken by Marcus Naughton following his jibe
 

Naughton's friends claimed on Facebook that he had been banned from 'all English cricket' following the incident.

However Naughton himself said on Tuesday that the matter was dealt with civilly, and that he was allowed to stay around in the exclusive room until well after the day's play finished.

"With Facebook many stories are over-exaggerated and this is another of those," Naughton said.

"Unfortunately it seems many Australians still have hard feelings over the Stuart Broad incident from many years ago as you can see from the (Facebook) posts.

"I will however tell you there was a very small incident, none of which resulted in me being ejected from the MCC members nor getting my membership revoked and was resolved very civilly.

"After which my girlfriend and I stayed until hours after the close of play and mingled with players from both sides afterwards. It was a very enjoyable day for both of us."

Naughton was allowed entry into the prestigious Long Room as his club in Australia has reciprocal status with the MCC.

A spokesman for the club said the following about the incident.

"We would never comment on specific disciplinary proceedings, but I can confirm the gentleman concerned is not a member of the MCC and we believe the matter is closed."

Broad has been public enemy number one in Australia since he refused to walk during England's 2013 Ashes series victory, despite clearly nicking the ball.

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Kieran Francis is a senior editor at Sporting News Australia.