In the ongoing India's tour of Australia, six separate incidents have been reported for poor player behaviour with David Warner being the latest to get reprimand and fine from the ICC match referee.
"Kids shouldn't be doing that on the field anyway. Sometimes I get a bit annoyed with the media focusing on it and making a massive issue of it, and some other teams make an issue that Australians are the biggest sledgers out there when every team does it," McGrath said.
However, McGrath says it was perfectly fine if cricketers show some passion on the field by playing aggressive cricket.
"It's a fine line sometimes. You want to see the players playing with feeling and that it means something to them. You don't want to see a bunch of robots out there.
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