New Delhi, July 14 -- Former England pacer Stuart Broad found International Cricket Council's (ICC) sanction on Mohammed Siraj 'ridiculous' and asked the world cricket body to be more 'consistent' while punishing in the future. Broad's comments come in after Siraj was fined 15 per cent of his match fee and handed one demerit point for his fiery send-off to Ben Duckett o Day 4 of the third Test at Lord's.

The India speedster was found to have breached article 2.5 of the ICC code of conduct for players, which relates to "using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batter upon his/her dismissal during an international match".

Broad, who retired from international cricket a while ...