Former West Indies pacer Tino Best said his spat with England's Barbados-born fast bowler, Jofra Archer, was blown out of proportion by people on social media.
In a Twitter exchange, the duo had a go at each other after Tino had made a critical remark over Archer's bowling in the middle of the first Test against West Indies in Southampton.
See here: Jofra Archer, Tino Best indulge in a heated Twitter exchange
Tino, now opening up on the matter, feels too much was made out of it and that he wasn't even expecting Archer to respond to his comment.
"The whole Jofra Archer thing was just blown out of proportion. To be honest, when I tweeted, it was only about the way he was bowling in the first innings. He didn't put in as much effort as I saw from Mark Wood and Jimmy Anderson. I thought he was just going through the motions a little bit," he told Sportskeeda.
"I am here in Barbados, I didn't expect him to reply. My first tweet was that he was bowling military medium, and that he can bowl faster than that. You've got Wood who was absolutely steaming in every ball, and then you've got him (Archer) a little lethargic in his approach."
"He then replied saying I should be a coach, so I asked him not to attack me personally. I wasn't trying to disrespect him in any way. But he was in the middle of a Test match, and I don't think he should have replied. The older you get, you realise that you can't fight every battle," added Tino, who played 25 Tests, 26 ODIs for the West Indies.
Archer didn't do as well as expected in the first match after the COVID-19 break, as he gradually regained the bowling rhythm back across two innings at the Ageas Bowl.
The pacer could have performed better in the second Test at Old Trafford, Manchester, but found himself sidelined, having breached the bio-secure protocols in place for the entire trip amid the pandemic.
Even though he apologised, Archer was fined and asked to go into a five-day self-isolation period, with it made necessary for him to twice test negative of the COVID-19 before he rejoins the squad for the third and final Test of the series.
