Australia v England, 1st Test, Brisbane! The Ashes

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Stuart Broad said England felt like "silent assassins" over their understated Ashes build-up after he made his loudest critics eat their words with a memorable five-wicket haul on Thursday.
The paceman was dubbed a "smug Pommy cheat" by a local newspaper as the series got under way, over his decision not to walk during the last Ashes Tests, and was booed loudly by the Brisbane crowd.
But Broad let his bowling do the talking as he removed all four of Australia's top order and then broke up a dangerous rearguard partnership for first-day figures of five for 65 off 20 overs.
Afterwards, with Australia at 273 for eight at stumps, the beaming 27-year-old walked into the post-play press conference with a copy of the offending newspaper under his arm.
"I saw this outside (the press conference room) and it made me smile," he told reporters.

He said: "Stuart Broad did bowl well, I thought he bowled to his plans and he used his short ball really well but I think we’re in a good position. We’ve still got two wickets in hand and we need to get some more runs on the board.


"We’ve got to assess the conditions in the morning, it’ll definitely quicken up. And if we get 300 that’s a good score, then we need to go out there and bowl really well."

[color=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Broad said he took no extra motivation from the boos at the Gabba ground, where Australia are unbeaten in 25 years, calling it all "good banter". [/color]
[color=rgb(0, 0, 0)][/size]"Good fun. It was something a bit different but I think I coped with it okay actually," he said. "It's all good banter. [/color]
[color=rgb(0, 0, 0)][/size]"There's something about Ashes cricket that brings out the best in me. Playing against the Aussies, it means so much to me. I'm delighted with today's performance but looking to the future and obviously I want a lot more." [/color]
[color=rgb(0, 0, 0)][/size]Broad revealed that in medical assessments he was among three players mentioned by the team psychologist who would thrive on getting abuse, along with Kevin Pietersen and Matt Prior. [/color]
[color=rgb(0, 0, 0)][/size]"So they picked good men to go at and it's good fun," Broad said. [/color]