5 Australian players hated by England

Ricky Ponting

The former Australia captain, unsmiling and thorough, was made a figure of fun over his fallings but he made sure to bounce back with bitter confrontation.

The man behind England’s untold suffering lost dignity in defeat on numerous occasions and was shamelessly ridiculed.

In 2006-07, he destroyed Andrew Flintoff and led Australia to a 5-0 whitewash, first Ashes clean sweep in last 81 years, as an act of revenge for England’s win in 2005.

During the 2009 Ashes Test in Edgbaston, skipper Ponting and his team were booed as they made their way to the crease during the course of the Third Test.

Similar scenes took place at Lord’s and Cardiff as well and one of the worst incidents of crowd mockery came when Ponting was subject to endless jeers at Lord’s as the big screen repeated his dropped catch off Ravi Bopara in England’s second innings.