Had I walked, we would have lost the test, admits Stuart Broad

Perth: Stuart Broad reveals that had he walked after edging a ball to first slip England may have lost the first Ashes Test in Nottingham and says he stands by his decision to stand his ground.The Ashes series which England won 3-0, was marred by many controversies from urinating scandal to DRS to Broad not walking off after he clearly edged a ball. This was the most controversial moment of the series. Broad was caught by Michael Clarke at first slip off left-arm spinner Ashton Agar's bowling but was given not out by umpire Aleem Dar.Clarke and several of his team-mates pleaded with Dar but were powerless to overturn the decision because they had already burned their two reviews.Broad, on 37 at the time, added a further 28 runs to his score as part of a 138-run stand with Ian Bell that propelled the hosts to a narrow 14-run win.'My first comment on that whole incident is I could name you 18 or 19 players who played in an Ashes series who nicked it and didn't walk,' Broad told the BBC on Monday from Perth.'We could be here all day if I named players from the past, and I am trying to think of someone in the modern game who is consistently a walker.'It's a really interesting debate and something that got blown so out of proportion, maybe because the Australians were frustrated they had wasted two referrals.'It was an important moment in the game because, let's be honest, if Belly and I hadn't put on those runs, we wouldn't have won the Test match, so we would only have won 3-1 or something.'The England paceman reignited the debate on whether players should walk before the fifth Test at The Oval after publicly admitting he knew he had edged the ball.Australian coach Darren Lehmann subsequently went on Australian radio and accused Broad of cheating in an interview that earned him a fine for breaching the ICC's code of conduct.Broad, who is certain to come under heavy fire from Australian fans throughout the upcoming Ashes series, beginning in Brisbane on November 21, revealed Lehmann attempted to clear the air after the fifth Test in England.Lehmann attempted to explain the context of his comments, which were made on a light-hearted radio programme. 'He (Lehmann) came across and said, ‘I meant it in jest' and I said, "in black and white it doesn't look like jest to me",' Broad recalled.'He said something along the lines of, "listen to the interview" and I said, "I have far better things to do with my time", and that was about it.'We shared a nice beer and I said, "see you in November".'Broad claimed 22 wickets at 27.45 in the July-August series, including 11 wickets in the fourth Test at Chester-le-Street.