Peter Siddle vows to carry on with Ashes verbals
Australian paceman Peter Siddle has warned England there will be no let up in the sledging Down Under.
Siddle insists malicious verbal attacks are commonplace in Test cricket and will carry on for the rest of the Ashes series as the Aussies bid to reclaim the urn.
The hosts took a 1-0 series lead with a comprehensive 381-run success in the first Test at The Gabba with play on the fourth day of the especially heated.
Australia captain Michael Clarke was fined for the expletive-laden spray he dished out to England's James Anderson.
"It's just natural. It wasn't any different to normal. If it hadn't of been on the mic a lot people would not have said so much about it," Australia paceman Siddle.
"The most disappointing thing is that it actually came up (on the broadcast). It's not meant to at that time and it is very stiff for Michael.
"Throughout the series there will be more of it going on but it will be under control."
According to broadcaster Channel Nine, there was continuous sledging from other players, especially Anderson, that never went to air.
Siddle said Anderson was one of the most prolific sledgers in world cricket and had every right to be due to his long-term success as a Test bowler.
"Anderson brought it on himself. So fair's fair," Siddle said. "There was a lot of other stuff going on and James Anderson was in the thick of it and a culprit for it all happening.
"He is one of the leading wicket-takers in the world so he is happy to have a chirp but as long as Mitchell Johnson keeps bowling them around his ears that will quieten him up pretty quickly."
Siddle, yet to win a series against England from three attempts, said he was surprised at how easily Alastair Cook's team wilted under the pressure of the hosts' pace barrage.
"Especially with the second innings. I think in the first innings we took them by surprised a little bit," he said.
"But in the second innings, with some of the plans for some of their players and the way we got the wickets, it was disappointing for England.
"To have such a convincing win shows the position we are in and the strength around the side at the moment."
