Stuart Broad reveals 'cringing' with Mollie King over infamous cricket incident

And one of the biggest talking points of the series came at Lord's back in late June.

Bairstow was controversially run out by Australia captain Alex Carey, having stepped out of his crease believing the ball was dead.

Broad and the rest of his England team-mates were left livid, with Lord's members also venting their fury.

And the 37-year-old, who confirmed his retirement after the series, has now admitted he cringed at his behaviour while sat down with fiancee King.

“I haven't, maybe I don't because I can still remember it so clearly," he told talkSPORT when asked if he'd watched it back.

“I got back that night, had a cup of tea with Mollie and I was cringing.

"I was like, what was I doing? I can't believe I was doing that. But it was red mist for 10 minutes.

“I pride myself in my mental capabilities as a player and being able to focus and control, particularly from the age of 26. But I did have 10 minutes of red mist.

“Then I tweaked it to actually feel like I was getting under the Australian skin.

"So then it became a bit of a deliberate target.”

While England lost the second Test match, Broad thinks the incident was 'brilliant' because it united the country.

He continued: “Yeah we lost, but it was brilliant. It was so enjoyable to watch.

"I think we won every session after it happened. That was the catalyst.

“I actually think that moment with Jonny galvanised our nation, maybe, but galvanised our team.

"We know under Baz we're playing a brilliant freedom style of cricket, but it just brought a bit of edge to the series that maybe we needed.”

Bairstow was seething after his dismissal.

And Broad doesn't think he's in any mood to discuss the incident, despite time passing by.

"No. I wouldn't think so," he stated.

“I think it came with such scrutiny as well.

"I think all of us got messages and tweets and Instagrams of different occasions where the spirit of cricket had been looked at differently and Jonny rolling the ball at stumps.

“Ultimately, there was such a big difference.

"I thought there was no way Jonny was trying to gain an advantage.

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"Whereas when Jonny's rolled the ball at the stumps, when Smith starts out his crease, well, Smith starting outside his crease to take the LBW out of the equation because he'll be outside the line. I think they differed.

“Ultimately, Jonny had a slow start to the Ashes series and it was at a time where he was desperate to score some runs and that got taken away from him in a really unique way.

“It sort of heaped a bit of pressure on him in a sense.

"That's probably why it was as frustrating for him as it was.

"But he came good at Old Trafford a couple of Tests later.”