On Wednesday, Australia captain Pat Cummins will be asked if he has had time to reflect on how things went down at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Sunday, when Alex Carey stumped Jonny Bairstow after the latter had left the ball to the Aussie keeper and assumed it was dead.
Ahead of the Headingley Test, the visiting skipper made it clear, satisfying or ‘shusshing’ critics and the English fans isn’t something he thinks of as the ‘goal of playing cricket’.
“This week has seen a lot of debate regarding the underarm incident. This was back in the 1970s. How far back do you want to go? We’ve all progressed. As I already stated, the team did nothing wrong. “We’re all at ease,” Cummins told reporters.
Would he and his crew do it all over again if given the chance? “Yeah.” Following an incident in the first session of the last day, which saw Australia take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series, world cricket would be split in two.
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Despite losing five wickets, England seemed in good shape to chase down 371 at Lord’s, owing to Ben Stokes’ third 150-plus innings in Test cricket.
Australia and England are restocking their bowling assaults ahead of the third Ashes test, which begins on Thursday at Headingley.
Bairstow almost immediately vacates the crease and begins going towards his partner at the other end, leaving alone the final ball of the 52nd over. He believes the ball is dead, but Alex Carey’s underarm toss strikes the stumps, and the Australians begin to celebrate. Bairstow appears perplexed. Marais Erasmus, the third umpire, has a tick and declares the Englishman out. The two groups of players in the middle exchange a few words.
