Australia players could only laugh at abuse from ‘aggressive’ Edgbaston with Steve Smith and David Warner targeted
With the Ashes being the biggest thing there is for Australian and English cricket fans, there can often be a lot of passion involved.
And that was certainly the case at the 2019 series, especially during the first test at Edgbaston in Birmingham.
It was the first Test match that Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft had returned for having been banned for roughing up the ball in a test against South Africa in 2018.
In the aftermath of receiving their bans, all three apologised at an emotional press conference.
And fans were keen to remind them about their wrongdoing and teary apologies as the Australian team bus left a rowdy Edgbaston.
Chants of 'cheat, cheat, cheat' and 'we saw you cry on the telly' could also be heard, aimed at Smith, Warner and Bancroft.
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"There's the booing, but the worst thing was when we got on the bus at the end of each day's play, just the abuse," commented Australian coach at the time Justin Langer on Amazon's Prime's documentary 'The Test'.
"And at the end of it, they decided to laugh in the face of it and that takes immense courage."
Australian captain Tim Paine added: "It was all just part of trying to embrace it, we just went with it.
"People were everywhere on the street that's just how Edgbaston was, it was a really aggressive place."
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At one point in the video Smith can be heard saying about the England fans tormenting them: "That's a grown man. They're such children."
Smith continued: "I think everyone handled it pretty well and it seemed like the whole way home there were people hurling abuse at the bus.
"It was actually brilliant some of the things we were looking at off the bus, it was good to get some comedy like that."