It was by any standards an unlikely and quite bizarre foray into the turbulent world of Twitter. So what could possibly have prompted Stuart Broad to pass comment on the minimum wage? Who could he be referring to? Already on this tour we have had the Eoin Morgan blackmail plot and now came another unexpected twist to life with the England cricket team when Broad found himself having to defend comments on the worldwide strength of English pay levels. Yes, really. Stuart Broad tried to calm the Twitter storm over his unlikely comments on the minimum wage England bowler Broad walks with his partner Bealey Mitchell in Perth, Australia, on Tuesday
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England bowler Stuart Broad posted a controversial message on Twitter
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Broad claimed those on minimum wage in England are in the top 10 per cent of earners in the world
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He also used the hashtags #stay and #humble on the social media site
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Broad is in Australia with England squad ahead of the World Cup
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He took to Twitter again on Tuesday evening to clarify his earlier tweet
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Broad also insisted it was not a response to Kevin Pietersen's remarks
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There was only one conclusion to be reached here in scorching hot @placeholder and that was that Broad, one of the players attacked by Kevin Pietersen in his controversial autobiography, was having a subtle dig at his bête noire.
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At times like this you do wonder why on earth any public figure would get involved in @placeholder.
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His pace has been down here so now, with @placeholder bowling at no more than 81 or 82 miles per hour for the most part, and that man Pietersen for one said at the weekend that he was a bit concerned about England’s match-winning bowler.